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Top 500verb, perfective

оста́ться

[ɐˈstat͡sːə]to remain, to stay

Frequency rank #172 About 1 in every 1,500 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
остаться #172

Meaning

  1. to remain, to stay
  2. to be left

Examples

Будь таки́е все как вы, ротозéи, что б оста́лось от Москвы́, oт Расéи?

If everyone were like you gapers, what would be left of Moscow, of Russia?

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Forms by frequency

  • оста́тьсяinfinitive#648
  • оста́лосьneuter, singular, past#705
  • оста́нетсяsingular, 3rd person, future#1,360
  • оста́лсяmasculine, singular, past#1,480
  • оста́лисьplural, past#1,920
  • оста́нусьsingular, 1st person, future#1,947
  • оста́ласьfeminine, singular, past#2,021
  • оста́нешьсяsingular, 2nd person, future#2,724
  • оста́ньсяimperative, singular, 2nd person#3,203
  • оста́немсяplural, 1st person, future#4,624
  • оста́нутсяplural, 3rd person, future#6,678
  • оста́нетесьplural, 2nd person, future#7,021
  • оста́ньтесьimperative, plural, 2nd person#12,395
  • оста́вшийсяpast, participle#26,511

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