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Top 1,000verb, perfective

назва́ть

[nɐzˈvatʲ]to name, to specify

Frequency rank #528 About 1 in every 5,500 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
назвать #528

Meaning

  1. to name, to specify
  2. to call
  3. to convene, to invite many people

Examples

Как вы назва́ли сы́на?

What did you name your son?

Related

Forms by frequency

  • назва́лmasculine, singular, past#1,912
  • назва́тьinfinitive#2,105
  • назва́лиplural, past#3,982
  • назвала́feminine, singular, past#4,189
  • назови́imperative, singular, 2nd person#5,323
  • назови́теimperative, plural, 2nd person#7,588
  • назову́singular, 1st person, future#11,051
  • назовёмplural, 1st person, future#12,360
  • назовёшьsingular, 2nd person, future#18,486
  • назову́тplural, 3rd person, future#25,101
  • назовётsingular, 3rd person, future#33,703
  • назовётеplural, 2nd person, future#41,126
  • назва́вшийpast, participle
  • на́званныйpast, participle

and 3 more forms

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