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Top 1,000verb, imperfective

быва́ть

[bɨˈvatʲ]to happen, to be (from time to time)

Frequency rank #548 About 1 in every 5,700 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
бывать #548

Meaning

  1. to happen, to be (from time to time)
  2. to be
  3. to occur, to happen

Examples

Тако́е быва́ет.

It happens.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • быва́етsingular, 3rd person, present#892
  • быва́ютplural, 3rd person, present#3,150
  • быва́лоneuter, singular, past#5,180
  • быва́лmasculine, singular, past#6,230
  • быва́лиplural, past#8,455
  • быва́тьinfinitive#8,590
  • быва́юsingular, 1st person, present#13,774
  • быва́лаfeminine, singular, past#14,292
  • быва́ешьsingular, 2nd person, present#17,995
  • быва́йimperative, singular, 2nd person#29,433
  • быва́етеplural, 2nd person, present#37,297
  • быва́емplural, 1st person, present#48,618
  • быва́ющийpresent, participle
  • быва́вшийpast, participle

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