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стать

Pronunciation: [statʲ]

“стать” is a Russian word. Its 10 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to stand (in a certain location or near someone or something)
  2. to begin
  3. to be willing, to be going [with imperfective infinitive ‘to do something’] (used to express a determined negative attitude)
  4. to cost
  5. to become, to get, to grow
  6. for one to become
  7. for one to continue living, for one to continue to be

noun

  1. build
  2. trait, character, type
  3. need

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic стати (stati), from Proto-Slavic *stati (“to stand, become”).

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