to wet, dampen · to offer treat (usually a drink) for good luck for newly acquired goods · to send rain
çekim: geçmiş έβρεξα · ortaç έχοντας βρέξει · şimdiki βρέχει · ulaç βρέχοντας
köken: From Ancient Greek βρέχω (brékhō, “to wet, drench. Sense "rain" since Hellenistic times”). The impersonal 3rd singulars, by ellipsis of noun God, or Zeus, or the cloud, etc. Unrelated to βρέγμα (vrégma, “(anatomy) bregma”), assumed as related by Hippocrates and Aristotle.
aile: βρεγμένος, βρεμένος, βρεγμένη σανίδα, έχω μη στάξει και μη βρέξει, σαν τη βρεγμένη γάτα, τις βρέχω
Θα βρέξω τα ρούχα πριν τα σιδερώσω.
Αγόρασα παπούτσια. Πάμε να τα βρέξουμε.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:βρέχω.
to rinse, wash (to move by the force of water in motion) · to wash (to separate valuable material) · to leach (to purge a soluble matter out of something)
çekim: geçmiş huuhtonut · şimdiki huuhtoo · ulaç huuhtova
köken: From Proto-Finnic *huhtodak (compare Ingrian huuhtoa, Livonian ū’dõ), from Proto-Finno-Permic *šukštɜ- (compare Erzya кштамс (kštams), Moksha штамс (štams)).