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(used with verbs)describing an action of covering something, of being covered, or hiding behind something
за-(za-) + ржа́веть, ржаве́тьimpf(ržávetʹ, ržavétʹ, “to become rusty”) → заржа́веть, заржаве́тьpf(zaržávetʹ, zaržavétʹ, “to become rusty (as an emphasis, by being covered with rust)”)
за-(za-) + целова́тьimpf(celovátʹ, “to kiss”) → зацелова́тьpf(zacelovátʹ, “to cover with kisses (denoting kissing many times, that one's body is fully covered with kisses)”)
(used with verbs)describing an intensified or extreme action or an action of doing something up to the point that an object becomes junk
за-(za-) + чита́тьimpf(čitátʹ, “to read”) → зачита́тьpf(začitátʹ, “to read (a book, as well as not returning it back; until it becomes all torn apart; simply reading out loud, denoting that the loud voice is a sign of intensified or extreme action)”)
за-(za-) + сиде́тьimpf(sidétʹ, “to sit”) → засиде́тьсяpf(zasidétʹsja, “to sit down, to stay for quite a long time (denoting that the long duration of sitting is a sign of intensified or extreme action)”)
за-(za-) + говори́тьimpf(govorítʹ, “to speak”) + -ся(-sja) → заговори́тьсяpf(zagovorítʹsja, “to spout nonsense; to rattle on; to have a long talk with, forgetting the time”)
the past tense of some verbs with a one-syllable root: e.g. за́лил, зали́л(zálil, zalíl, masculine singular past tense) from зали́ть(zalítʹ, “to flood, to stain, etc.”);