простояти
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Ukrainian
Etymology
From про- (pro-) + стоя́ти (stojáty). Compare Russian простоя́ть (prostojátʹ), Belarusian прастая́ць (prastajácʹ).
Pronunciation
Verb
просто́яти • (prostójaty) pf (imperfective просто́ювати)
- to stand, to remain standing (for some time)
- 2021 July 7, “Дружина Єсипенка пікетувала під Офісом президента”, in Ukrainska Pravda:
- Жі́нка заяви́ла, що просто́яла з портре́том чолові́ка під буді́влею О́фісу 1,5 годи́ни, але́ до не́ї так ніхто́ і не ви́йшов.
- Žínka zajavýla, ščo prostójala z portrétom čolovíka pid budívleju Ófisu 1,5 hodýny, alé do néji tak nixtó i ne výjšov.
- The woman stated that she stood with her husband's portrait under the Office's building for 1.5 hours, but no one even came out to her.
- to stand idle
Conjugation
Conjugation of просто́яти, просто́ять (class 5a, perfective, transitive and intransitive)
| perfective aspect | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | просто́яти, просто́ять prostójaty, prostójatʹ | |
| participles | present tense | past tense |
| active | — | — |
| passive | — | — |
| adverbial | — | просто́явши prostójavšy |
| present tense | future tense | |
| 1st singular я |
— | просто́ю prostóju |
| 2nd singular ти |
— | просто́їш prostójiš |
| 3rd singular він / вона / воно |
— | просто́їть prostójitʹ |
| 1st plural ми |
— | просто́їм, просто́їмо prostójim, prostójimo |
| 2nd plural ви |
— | просто́їте prostójite |
| 3rd plural вони |
— | просто́ять prostójatʹ |
| imperative | singular | plural |
| first-person | — | прості́ймо prostíjmo |
| second-person | прості́й prostíj |
прості́йте prostíjte |
| past tense | singular | plural ми / ви / вони |
| masculine я / ти / він |
просто́яв prostójav |
просто́яли prostójaly |
| feminine я / ти / вона |
просто́яла prostójala | |
| neuter воно |
просто́яло prostójalo | |
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “простояти”, 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), “простояти”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “простояти”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “простояти”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “простояти”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)