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Top 100verb, imperfective

дава́ть

[dɐˈvatʲ]to give

Frequency rank #78 About 1 in every 570 words in Russian film and TV. The top 100 words make up 53.1% of everything said.
давать #78

Meaning

  1. to give
  2. to let, to allow
  3. to hit, to strike, to clip

Examples

Не дава́й ему́ де́ньги.

Don't give him money.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • дава́йimperative, singular, 2nd person#105
  • дава́йтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#253
  • даю́singular, 1st person, present#1,925
  • даётsingular, 3rd person, present#1,997
  • дава́тьinfinitive#2,092
  • даю́тplural, 3rd person, present#2,890
  • дава́лmasculine, singular, past#3,909
  • дава́лиplural, past#6,215
  • даёшьsingular, 2nd person, present#6,216
  • дава́лаfeminine, singular, past#7,186
  • даётеplural, 2nd person, present#14,251
  • даёмplural, 1st person, present#15,956
  • дава́яpresent, gerund#19,314
  • дава́лоneuter, singular, past#29,826

and 5 more forms

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