ставить

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic ставити (staviti), from Proto-Slavic *staviti (to place, put).

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Verb

ста́вить (stávitʹimpf (perfective поста́вить)

  1. to put, to place, to set, to stand, to station
  2. (a compress) to apply, to put on
  3. (a play) to put on stage, to stage, to produce, to present
  4. (gambling) to wager, to place a bet, to stake
  5. (a question) to raise, to put

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ставить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress