See also: сыпать

Russian edit

Etymology edit

From imperfective lengthening of the Proto-Slavic perfective infinitive stem *-sъp- (from the infinitive *sъpati) + -а́ть (-átʹ). Similar lengthening accounts for the change -о--а- in imperfective derivations in -ывать (-yvatʹ) and -ивать (-ivatʹ), e.g.

Pronunciation edit

Combining form edit

-сыпа́ть (-sypátʹimpf (perfective -спа́ть)

  1. Combining form used to form imperfective counterparts of prefixed derivatives of спать (spatʹ, to sleep).
    сыпа́ть impf (sypátʹ) (iterative)
    проспа́ть pf (prospátʹ)просыпа́ть impf (prosypátʹ)

Conjugation edit

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