постояти
Ukrainian
    
    Etymology
    
From по- (po-) + стоя́ти (stojáty) with stress retraction. Compare Russian постоя́ть (postojátʹ), Belarusian пастая́ць (pastajácʹ) (no stress retraction).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [pɔˈstɔjɐte]
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Verb
    
посто́яти • (postójaty) pf (intransitive)
- to stand (for a while)
- to stop (for a while)
- (in the imperative пості́й, пості́йте, colloquial, rare) expresses a demand to stop or stop moving: hang on, hold up, stop
- to stand up for, to stick up for (+ за + accusative)
- Synonym: відстоя́ти pf (vidstojáty)
- посто́яти за се́бе ― postójaty za sébe ― to stand up for oneself, to stick up for oneself
 
Conjugation
    
Conjugation of посто́яти, посто́ять (class 5a, perfective, intransitive)
| perfective aspect | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | посто́яти, посто́ять postójaty, postójatʹ | |
| participles | present tense | past tense | 
| active | — | — | 
| passive | — | — | 
| adverbial | — | посто́явши postójavšy | 
| present tense | future tense | |
| 1st singular я | — | посто́ю postóju | 
| 2nd singular ти | — | посто́їш postójiš | 
| 3rd singular він / вона / воно | — | посто́їть postójitʹ | 
| 1st plural ми | — | посто́їм, посто́їмо postójim, postójimo | 
| 2nd plural ви | — | посто́їте postójite | 
| 3rd plural вони | — | посто́ять postójatʹ | 
| imperative | singular | plural | 
| first-person | — | пості́ймо postíjmo | 
| second-person | пості́й postíj | пості́йте postíjte | 
| past tense | singular | plural ми / ви / вони | 
| masculine я / ти / він | посто́яв postójav | посто́яли postójaly | 
| feminine я / ти / вона | посто́яла postójala | |
| neuter воно | посто́яло postójalo | |
Further reading
    
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “постояти”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “постояти”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “постояти”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “постояти”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
- “постояти”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “постояти”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)
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