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Top 500verb

бежа́ть

[bʲɪˈʐatʲ]to run, to be running

Frequency rank #494 About 1 in every 5,100 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
бежать #494

Meaning

  1. to run, to be running
  2. to flee, to be fleeing
  3. to avoid, to be avoiding, to shun, to be shunning

Examples

Куда́ ты бежи́шь?

Where are you running to?

Related

Forms by frequency

  • беги́imperative, singular, 2nd person#1,498
  • бежа́тьinfinitive#1,679
  • бежи́мplural, 1st person, present#2,694
  • беги́теimperative, plural, 2nd person#4,916
  • бежи́тsingular, 3rd person, present#7,239
  • бежа́лmasculine, singular, past#7,264
  • бегу́singular, 1st person, present#7,811
  • бегу́тplural, 3rd person, present#11,566
  • бежи́шьsingular, 2nd person, present#13,506
  • бежа́лиplural, past#15,164
  • бежа́лаfeminine, singular, past#17,065
  • бежи́теplural, 2nd person, present#42,405
  • бегу́щийpresent, participle
  • бежа́вшийpast, participle

and 3 more forms

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