сыпаться

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Russian

Etymology

сы́пать (sýpatʹ) +‎ -ся (-sja)

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Verb

сы́паться (sýpatʹsjaimpf (perfective насы́паться or посы́паться)

  1. to fall, to pour, to run out
    штукату́рка сы́плетсяštukatúrka sýpletsjathe plaster flakes off
  2. to rain down, to pour forth
    сы́паться гра́домsýpatʹsja grádomto hail (precipitation), (figuratively) to rain down
  3. to fall thick and fast
    уда́ры сыпа́лись гра́домudáry sypálisʹ grádomblows were raining down (falling thick and fast)
  4. (colloquial) (of cloth) to fray out
  5. (colloquial) to flunk, to fail
  6. passive of сы́пать (sýpatʹ)

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