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vodnják well; fountain

artezijski vodnják artesian well
voda iz vodnjáka well water
kopač vodnjákov well digger
izkopati vodnják to sink a well
izvrtati vodnják to bore a well
vodnják se je posušil the well has run dry

draw-well [drɔ́:wel] samostalnik
vodnjak (z vedrom na vrvi)

fountain [fáuntin] samostalnik
studenec, izvir; vodnjak, vodomet; točilnica; rezervoar; črnilnik

shadoof [ša:dú:f] samostalnik
šaduf, vodnjak (v južnih krajih)

well¹ [wel]

1. samostalnik
izvir, vrelec, studenec; vodnjak
figurativno začetek, praizvor; vrtina; jašek (v rudniku); globoka jama; tunel v snegu
arhitektura dušnik, prostor za dvigalo (lift), za stopnišče; ograjen prostor v sodni dvorani (za odvetnika); shramba za prtljago (v vozu, avtu); tintnik (v mizi)
železnica shramba za vodo
navtika shramba za ribe (na ladji); jašek za zaščito črpalke

well boring vrtanje (studencev itd.)
well-digger kopač studencev, vodnjakov
to sink a well (iz)vrtati vodnjak

2. neprehodni glagol
izvirati, vreti na dan, iztekati, brizgniti

to well out (ali forth) privreti ven
to well up dvigniti se, privreti kvišku
to well over preliti se, razliti se
prehodni glagol
pustiti izvirati ali teči

drinking-fountain [dríŋkiŋfauntin] samostalnik
vodnjak s pitno vodo

tube-well [tjú:bwel] samostalnik
(abesinski) cevni vodnjak

artesian [a:tízjən] pridevnik
arteški

artesian well arteški vodnjak

artéški; artézijski artesian

vodnjak artesian well

izčŕpati to exhaust; (vodo ipd.) to pump out, to pump dry; to drain; (osebo) to wear out, to tire out, to fatigue, to exhaust, to knock up

izčŕpati rudnik to work out a mine
izčŕpati zalogo blaga to sell out one's stock of goods
izčŕpati rudno žilo to work out a lode
zadnji vzpon me je popolnoma izčrpal the last climb has quite taken it out of me
izčŕpati se to be (ali to get) exhausted; (zaloga) to run short (ali low ali out); (oseba) to wear (ali to tire oneself out), to spend one's strength; (vodnjak) to run dry, to run low
izčŕpati svoja sredstva to deplete one's resources

izkopáti to dig out, to dig up, to get by digging; to unearth; to excavate; (izdolbsti) to hollow out; (mrliča) to exhume, to disinter

izkopáti bojno sekiro to unbury the hatchet
izkopáti vodnjak to sink a well
izkopáti se iz to extricate (ali to disentangle) oneself from

kopáti¹ to dig; to delve; (jamo, jarek) to trench, to ditch; to excavate; (podkopati) to sap, to undermine

kopáti jarke to dig trenches
kopáti krompir to lift (ali to dig) potatoes
kopáti vodnjak to sink (ali to bore) a well
sam sebi jamo kopáti to be hoist with one's own petard, to make a rod for one's own back
kdor drugim jamo koplje, sam vanjo pade he who digs a pit for others, often falls in himself; curses come home to roost; the biter bit