постояти

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From по- (po-) +‎ стоя́ти (stojáty) with stress retraction. Compare Russian постоя́ть (postojátʹ), Belarusian пастая́ць (pastajácʹ) (no stress retraction).

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Verb

посто́яти (postójatypf (intransitive)

  1. to stand (for a while)
  2. to stop (for a while)
  3. (in the imperative пості́й, пості́йте, colloquial, rare) expresses a demand to stop or stop moving: hang on, hold up, stop
  4. to stand up for, to stick up for (+ за + accusative)
    Synonym: відстоя́ти pf (vidstojáty)
    посто́яти за се́беpostójaty za sébeto stand up for oneself, to stick up for oneself

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