Imperfective: садиться на мель (sadít'sya na mel')
Perfective: сесть на мель (sest' na mel')
English Meaning: to run aground

Word Forms: село на мель (sélo na mel')

Example Sentences:

Судно село на мель.
súdno sélo na mel'.
The ship ran aground.
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Related Words:

садиться   (Perfective: сесть)

sadit'sya

to sit down

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на

na

onto, on, to, toward

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мель  (f)

mel'

shoal, sandbank

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