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Top 1,000verb, imperfective

жела́ть

[ʐɨˈɫatʲ]to wish, to desire

Frequency rank #751 About 1 in every 8,100 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
желать #751

Meaning

  1. to wish, to desire
  2. to covet
  3. to wish, to bear

Examples

жела́ть добра́

to wish well

жела́ть уда́чи

to wish good luck

Related

Forms by frequency

  • жела́юsingular, 1st person, present#2,254
  • жела́етsingular, 3rd person, present#4,200
  • жела́етеplural, 2nd person, present#4,648
  • жела́ешьsingular, 2nd person, present#8,223
  • жела́тьinfinitive#9,056
  • жела́лmasculine, singular, past#10,123
  • жела́емplural, 1st person, present#14,085
  • жела́ютplural, 3rd person, present#16,320
  • жела́яpresent, gerund#18,361
  • жела́лаfeminine, singular, past#18,714
  • жела́лиplural, past#27,448
  • жела́ющийpresent, participle#41,748
  • жела́вшийpast, participle
  • жела́емыйpresent, participle

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Words near #751

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