просачиваться

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Russian

Etymology

просочи́ться (prosočítʹsja) +‎ -ивать (-ivatʹ)

Pronunciation

Verb

проса́чиваться (prosáčivatʹsjaimpf (perfective просочи́ться)

  1. to percolate, to leak, to ooze, to seep out, to exudate, to soak, to trickle (through), to filter
    • 1872, Иван Тургенев , “XLII”, in Вешние воды; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Torrents of Spring, 1897:
      За кана́вой начина́лся луг, сперва́ сухо́й, пото́м вла́жный, пото́м уже́ совсе́м боло́тистый: вода́ проса́чивалась везде́, стоя́ла лу́жицами.
      Za kanávoj načinálsja lug, spervá suxój, potóm vlážnyj, potóm užé sovsém bolótistyj: vodá prosáčivalasʹ vezdé, stojála lúžicami.
      Beyond the stream began a wide meadow, at first dry, then wet, and at last quite boggy; the water oozed up everywhere, and stood in pools in some places.
  2. to filter (into), to infiltrate (into)

Conjugation