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пасть

See also: пясть

Russian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [pasʲtʲ]
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic пасти (pasti), from Proto-Slavic *pàsti (“to fall”).

Verb edit

пасть • (pastʹ) pf (imperfective па́дать)

  1. (dated, literary) to fall
  2. (of а decision, especially by lot) to fall on an option
    На́ш вы́бор па́л на пе́рвый вариа́нт. ― Náš výbor pál na pérvyj variánt. ― Our choice fell on the first option.
  3. (figurative, higher register) to fall, to die on the battlefield, to be killed in action
  4. (figurative, formal, of historical states, governments) to fall, to lose power, to cease to exist, to be toppled
  5. (figurative, formal, of historical cities, castles) to fall, to give way under siege
    Прошло́ ме́ньше ве́ка, и непристу́пный за́мок всё-таки́ пал под уда́рами каза́цкой ко́нницы.
    Prošló ménʹše véka, i nepristúpnyj zámok vsjo-takí pal pod udárami kazáckoj kónnicy.
    After less than a century, even the impenetrable castle fell to the blows of the Cossack cavalry.
  6. (figurative, formal) to stoop, to lower one's morals
    До како́й сте́пени на́до так ни́зко па́сть, что́бы пресмыка́ться перед тира́ном-захва́тчиком, кото́рый мечта́ет поста́вить весь ми́р на коле́ни?
    Do kakój stépeni nádo tak nízko pástʹ, štóby presmykátʹsja pered tiránom-zaxvátčikom, kotóryj mečtájet postávitʹ vesʹ mír na koléni?
    To what extent would one have to stoop so low as to grovel before the tyrant conqueror who wants to put the whole world under his thumb?
Usage notes edit
  • Note that this verb has two past active participle forms: па́дший (pádšij) in the religious/moral sense, and па́вший (pávšij) for all other senses.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of па́сть (class 7b perfective intransitive)
Note: For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.
perfective aspect
infinitive па́сть
pástʹ
participles present tense past tense
active — па́вший
pávšij
passive — —
adverbial — па́в
páv,
па́вши
pávši
present tense future tense
1st singular (я) — паду́
padú
2nd singular (ты) — падёшь
padjóšʹ
3rd singular (он/она́/оно́) — падёт
padjót
1st plural (мы) — падём
padjóm
2nd plural (вы) — падёте
padjóte
3rd plural (они́) — паду́т
padút
imperative singular plural
пади́
padí		 пади́те
padíte
past tense singular plural
(мы/вы/они́)
masculine (я/ты/он) па́л
pál		 па́ли
páli
feminine (я/ты/она́) па́ла
pála
neuter (оно́) па́ло
pálo
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
verbs

Etymology 2 edit

Attested since 1731. Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pastь, from *pasti (“to fall”) + *-tь.

Noun edit

пасть • (pastʹ) f inan (genitive па́сти, nominative plural па́сти, genitive plural па́стей)

  1. mouth, maw, jaws (of an animal, reptile or fish)
  2. (derogatory) mouth, piehole
    закро́й пасть! ― zakrój pastʹ! ― shut up!, shut your piehole!
  3. throat
  4. wide inlet on a device, structure or construction
  5. trap, snare
Declension edit
Declension of пасть (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative па́сть
pástʹ 		па́сти
pásti
genitive па́сти
pásti 		па́стей
pástej
dative па́сти
pásti 		па́стям
pástjam
accusative па́сть
pástʹ 		па́сти
pásti
instrumental па́стью
pástʹju 		па́стями
pástjami
prepositional па́сти
pásti 		па́стях
pástjax
Synonyms edit

References edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “паду”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пасть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “пасть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 11
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