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Top 1,000verb, perfective

постоя́ть

[pəstɐˈjætʲ]to stand

Frequency rank #989 About 1 in every 11,000 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
постоять #989

Meaning

  1. to stand
  2. to stand up
  3. expresses a demand to stop or stop moving

Examples

постоя́ть за себя́

to stand up for oneself, to stick up for oneself

Зна́чит, посто́й, ты говори́шь, что...

So, wait, you're saying that...

Related

Forms by frequency

  • посто́йimperative, singular, 2nd person#1,486
  • посто́йтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#3,322
  • постоя́тьinfinitive#11,187
  • постою́singular, 1st person, future#22,489
  • постоя́вшийpast, participle
  • постоя́вpast, gerund
  • постоя́вшиpast, gerund
  • постои́шьsingular, 2nd person, future
  • постои́тsingular, 3rd person, future
  • постои́мplural, 1st person, future
  • постои́теplural, 2nd person, future
  • постоя́тplural, 3rd person, future
  • постоя́лmasculine, singular, past
  • постоя́лиplural, past

and 2 more forms

Words near #989

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