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Top 1,000verb, imperfective

писа́ть

[pʲɪˈsatʲ]to write

Frequency rank #512 About 1 in every 5,300 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
писать #512

Meaning

  1. to write
  2. to paint

Examples

Вы говори́те, что у вас глаза́ слабе́ют, так не пиши́те при свеча́х; заче́м писа́ть?

You say your eyes are weak; so you must not write by candlelight; why write?

Related

Forms by frequency

  • писа́тьinfinitive#1,649
  • писа́лmasculine, singular, past#3,154
  • пи́шетsingular, 3rd person, present#3,371
  • пишу́singular, 1st person, present#4,194
  • писа́лаfeminine, singular, past#5,836
  • пи́шутplural, 3rd person, present#5,869
  • пи́шешьsingular, 2nd person, present#6,425
  • писа́лиplural, past#8,568
  • пиши́imperative, singular, 2nd person#9,660
  • пиши́теimperative, plural, 2nd person#14,692
  • пи́шетеplural, 2nd person, present#17,905
  • пи́шемplural, 1st person, present#26,306
  • пи́шущийpresent, participle
  • писа́вшийpast, participle

and 5 more forms

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