поставити

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *postaviti.

Verb

поставити (postavitipf

  1. to set, place
    • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 563-565:
      и іꙗковъ братъ господьнь и прьвꙑи епископъ господомь самѣмь поставленъ въ ііероусалимѣ
      i ijakovŭ bratŭ gospodĭnĭ i prĭvyi episkopŭ gospodomĭ saměmĭ postavlenŭ vŭ iierusalimě
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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *postaviti. Compare Czech postavit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pǒstaʋiti/
  • Hyphenation: по‧ста‧ви‧ти

Verb

по̀ставити pf (Latin spelling pòstaviti)

  1. (transitive) to put, place, set
  2. (transitive) to appoint, name

Conjugation

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *postaviti. Compare Russian поста́вить (postávitʹ), Belarusian паста́віць (pastávicʹ), Polish postawić.

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Verb

поста́вити (postávytypf (imperfective ста́вити)

  1. to put, to place, to set, to station, to position
  2. to stand, to put up, to set up, to erect (set in an upright position)
  3. to put, to pose, to raise (:question)
    Synonym: зада́ти pf (zadáty)
    Я поста́влю тобі́ кі́лька запита́нь.Ja postávlju tobí kílʹka zapytánʹ.I will ask you a few questions. (literally, “I will put a few questions to you.”)

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Verb

поста́вити (postávytypf (imperfective поставля́ти)

  1. to supply, to provide, to purvey, to furnish
    Synonyms: поста́чити pf (postáčyty), забезпе́чити pf (zabezpéčyty)

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