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Top 1,000verb, imperfective

петь

[pʲetʲ]to sing

Frequency rank #883 About 1 in every 9,900 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
петь #883

Meaning

  1. to sing
  2. to crow
  3. to snitch, to rat out, to crack, to start testifying

Examples

Она́ краси́во поёт.

She sings beautifully.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • пе́тьinfinitive#2,328
  • поётsingular, 3rd person, present#6,761
  • поёшьsingular, 2nd person, present#6,810
  • пою́тplural, 3rd person, present#8,095
  • по́йimperative, singular, 2nd person#8,819
  • пе́лmasculine, singular, past#9,204
  • пою́singular, 1st person, present#10,068
  • пе́лаfeminine, singular, past#10,264
  • пе́лиplural, past#13,275
  • поёмplural, 1st person, present#15,538
  • по́йтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#26,062
  • поётеplural, 2nd person, present#40,593
  • пою́щийpresent, participle
  • пе́вшийpast, participle

and 5 more forms

Words near #883

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