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Russian

Etymology

по- (po-) +‎ ступа́ть (stupátʹ)

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Verb

поступа́ть (postupátʹimpf (perfective поступи́ть)

  1. to act, to behave, to do things (in a certain way)
    Нельзя́ так поступа́ть.Nelʹzjá tak postupátʹ.You can't do that. (literally, “(You) mustn't behave/act/do things like that.”)
    • 1936, Андрей Платонов [Andrei Platonov], chapter 1, in Счастливая Москва; English translation from Robert and Elizabeth Chandler, transl., Happy Moscow, London: Harvill Press, 2001:
      Из шко́лы Москва́ впосле́дствии сбежа́ла. Её верну́ли сно́ва че́рез год и стыди́ли на о́бщем собра́нии, что она́ как дочь револю́ции поступа́ет недисциплини́рованно и неэти́чно.
      Iz škóly Moskvá vposlédstvii sbežála. Jejó vernúli snóva čérez god i stydíli na óbščem sobránii, što oná kak dočʹ revoljúcii postupájet nedisciplinírovanno i neetíčno.
      Later Moscow ran away. She was brought back after a year and was held up to shame at a meeting of the whole school: how could she, a daughter of the Revolution, behave in such an unethical and undisciplined manner?
  2. to treat (with), to deal (with), to handle
  3. to enter, to join, to matriculate
    Ты мо́жешь поступа́ть в университе́т.
    Ty móžešʹ postupátʹ v universitét.
    You are able to enter the university.
  4. to arrive, to come in, to be received, to be forthcoming
    Де́нги не поступа́ли.
    Déngi ne postupáli.
    The money was not forthcoming.

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