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Top 500verb, perfective

забы́ть

[zɐˈbɨtʲ]to forget

Frequency rank #228 About 1 in every 2,100 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
забыть #228

Meaning

  1. to forget
  2. to neglect
  3. to leave, to forget to bring, to forget to take

Examples

Я забы́л где оста́вил кни́гу.

I [masc.] forgot where I left the book.

Я забы́ла свой паро́ль.

I [fem.] forgot my password.

Related

  • забыва́ть aspect partner

Forms by frequency

  • забы́лmasculine, singular, past#777
  • забу́дьimperative, singular, 2nd person#905
  • забы́лаfeminine, singular, past#1,268
  • забы́тьinfinitive#1,315
  • забы́лиplural, past#2,439
  • забу́дьтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#2,875
  • забу́дуsingular, 1st person, future#3,623
  • забу́демplural, 1st person, future#5,306
  • забу́дешьsingular, 2nd person, future#8,438
  • забу́детsingular, 3rd person, future#12,106
  • забу́дутplural, 3rd person, future#16,572
  • забу́детеplural, 2nd person, future#24,186
  • забы́вpast, gerund#36,796
  • забы́тыйpast, participle#47,378

and 3 more forms

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