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Etymology

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на- (na-) +‎ мочи́ть (močítʹ)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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намочи́ть (namočítʹpf (imperfective нама́чивать)

  1. to wet, to moisten
    Imperfectives: мочи́ть (močítʹ), нама́чивать (namáčivatʹ)
  2. to soak, to steep
    Imperfectives: мочи́ть (močítʹ), нама́чивать (namáčivatʹ)
  3. (colloquial, perfective only, transitive) to splash, to spill water on
  4. to prepare or preserve by soaking in water [with accusative or genitive ‘something, usually a specified quantity of a foodstuff’]

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