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Top 1,000verb, perfective

доста́ть

[dɐˈstatʲ]to reach, to touch

Frequency rank #629 About 1 in every 6,700 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
достать #629

Meaning

  1. to reach, to touch
  2. to take, to go fetch, to take out
  3. to get, to procure, to obtain; especially about a product that is rare, or of which there is a shortage

Examples

Он ма́ленького ро́ста, не доста́нет до ве́рхней по́лки.

He is of short stature and won't reach the top shelf.

Он доста́л из карма́на сигаре́ты и закури́л.

He took some cigarettes out of his pocket and started smoking.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • доста́тьinfinitive#1,728
  • доста́лmasculine, singular, past#2,722
  • доста́нуsingular, 1st person, future#5,141
  • доста́лаfeminine, singular, past#6,258
  • доста́лиplural, past#6,639
  • доста́ньimperative, singular, 2nd person#7,664
  • доста́немplural, 1st person, future#11,635
  • доста́лоneuter, singular, past#14,253
  • доста́нетsingular, 3rd person, future#18,200
  • доста́ньтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#18,848
  • доста́нешьsingular, 2nd person, future#19,452
  • доста́нутplural, 3rd person, future#35,817
  • доста́нетеplural, 2nd person, future#45,461
  • доста́вшийpast, participle

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