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Ukrainian

Etymology

From наста́ти (nastáty) +‎ -ва́ти (-váty) or на- (na-) +‎ става́ти impf (staváty). Compare Russian настава́ть (nastavátʹ), Belarusian настава́ць (nastavácʹ), Polish nastawać.

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Verb

настава́ти (nastavátyimpf (perfective наста́ти) (intransitive)

  1. to come, to begin (period of time)
    Synonym: наступа́ти impf (nastupáty)
    Настає́ зима́.Nastajé zymá.Winter is coming.
    Настає́ час прийма́ти рі́шення.Nastajé čas pryjmáty ríšennja.The time is coming to make a decision.
    • 1958, Iryna Vilde, Сестри Річинські (книга перша), page 26:
      Настава́ли страшні́ часи́, яки́х навря́д чи зна́ла дотепе́р ця земля́
      Nastavály strašní časý, jakýx navrjád čy znála dotepér cja zemljá
      Terrible times were coming, which this land had hardly known until now
  2. to fall, to descend, to come (silence, night, evening, darkness)
    • 1936, Erich Maria Remarque, Три товариші, translation of Drei Kameraden (in German):
      Але́ ти́ша настава́ла пі́зно, бо по́руч із цви́нтарем бу́ла товку́чка з рі́зними розва́гами: карусе́ллю, го́йдалками то́що.
      Alé týša nastavála pízno, bo póruč iz cvýntarem búla tovkúčka z ríznymy rozváhamy: karuséllju, hójdalkamy tóščo.
      But silence fell late, because next to the cemetery was a second-hand market with various entertainments: a carousel, a swing, etc.

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