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Top 1,000verb, imperfective

стоя́ть

[stɐˈjætʲ]to stand

Frequency rank #617 About 1 in every 6,600 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
стоять #617

Meaning

  1. to stand
  2. to be situated
  3. to be in a certain place within a formal structure

Examples

Ва́за стои́т на столе́.

The vase is standing on the table.

Челове́к стои́т посреди́ ко́мнаты.

The person is standing in the middle of the room.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • стои́тsingular, 3rd person, present#233
  • сто́йimperative, singular, 2nd person#530
  • стоя́тьinfinitive#1,204
  • сто́йтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#1,368
  • стоя́лmasculine, singular, past#2,973
  • стоя́тplural, 3rd person, present#3,066
  • стои́шьsingular, 2nd person, present#3,833
  • стою́singular, 1st person, present#4,282
  • стоя́лаfeminine, singular, past#5,598
  • стоя́лиplural, past#7,537
  • стои́теplural, 2nd person, present#8,504
  • стои́мplural, 1st person, present#9,185
  • сто́яpresent, gerund#9,482
  • стоя́щийpresent, participle#22,623

and 4 more forms

Words near #617

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