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Perfectiveottayat

оттаять

thaw out, defrost

Other meaningssoften (figurative)

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
таятьmelt, thaw, melt away
Conjugation
1st (e-)
Class
Stress
Irregular
Aspect partner
таять

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIоттаю
  • тыyou (sg)оттаешь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itоттает
  • мыweоттаем
  • выyou (pl)оттаете
  • ониtheyоттают

Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheоттаял
  • онаsheоттаяла
  • оноitоттаяло
  • ониtheyоттаяли

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

оттай

to a group / formal

оттайте

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastоттаявший
  • Passive pastоттаянный
  • Adverbial (past)оттаяв

Examples#

  • Земля оттаяла к концу марта.

    The ground thawed by the end of March.

  • После тёплых слов он оттаял и улыбнулся.

    After the kind words he thawed and smiled.

About this verb#

  • Perfective of таять with completion-marking от-. Class 12 -ять (diphthong stem): present-future preserves the -я- (оттаю, оттаешь) with fixed stem stress. Used for ice / snow / ground thawing, and figuratively for emotional warming.

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