stać

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stojati.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /staːt͡ɕ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /stɒt͡ɕ/

stać impf

1. (of people) to stand (to have a position on one's legs)
2. (of objects) to stand (to be placed somewhere; to be located somewhere, especially vertically)
3. (of plants) to grow
4. to stand (to be located)
5. to stop somewhere; to remain; to reside
6. to stand over (to watch over) [+ nad (object) = over whom]
7. to stop
8. to stand to not move
9. to remain in some state
   1. to remain in some legal relation
10. to exist
11. to be written, to exist in text
12. to be present in a court hearing
13. to conduct a court hearing
14. to be inactive, to idle
15. to cost (to have a certain price)
16. to agree with, to match, to correspond
17. to have or maintain a legal power; to allow legally
18. to remain, to last
19. to strive for (to try for with effort)
20. to support, to help, to assist
21. to aid in a legal trail
22. to act against someone
23. to result from, to thank one's existence for [+instrumental]
24. to take place, to occur
25. The meaning of this term is uncertain.
    • 1856-1870 [1415], Antoni Zygmunt Helcel, editor, Starodawne Prawa Polskiego Pomniki, volume II, number 1405:

      Clemens... penam XV judicio pro eo, quia importune in judicio loquebatur his verbis: Mussycz mi stacz o gardlo y wroczicz w gardlo

      [Klemens... penam XV judicio pro eo, quia importune in judicio loquebatur his verbis: Musi-ć mi stać o gardło i wrocić w gardło]

• Polish: stać
• Silesian: stać

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stati. First attested in the 14th century.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /stat͡ɕ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /stat͡ɕ/

stać pf

1. to get up, to stand up (to assume a standing position)
2. to stop (to stop moving)
3. to take some position or location
4. to appear in court
5. to reach some price
6. to remain (to not wither away)
7. to happen to; to damage, to harm
8. to leave one's roll
9. to run out (to stop existing)
10. to remain; to rest (to continue to be)
11. (reflexive with się) to happen, to occur, to take place
12. (reflexive with się) to be created
13. (reflexive with się) to transform, to change shape
14. (reflexive with się) to come or arrive at some state or age
15. (reflexive with się) corruption of łszczeć się

• sstać

• Polish: stać
• Silesian: stać

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “stać”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “1. stać”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “2. stać, sstać”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “3. stać, stać się, sstać, sstać się”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Inherited from Old Polish stać, from Proto-Slavic *stati.

• IPA^(key): /stat͡ɕ/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈstat͡ɕ/

• Audio 1, stać

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• Audio 2, stać się

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• Rhymes: -at͡ɕ
• Syllabification: stać

stać pf (imperfective stawać)

1. (reflexive with się) to happen (to take place at a particular time)

   Co tu się stało? ― What happened here?

   Stała się rzecz niepojęta, Tomek pogodził się z ojcem! ― Something incomprehensible happened, Tom reconciled with his father!

   Czuję, że stanie się coś złego. ― I feel that something bad will happen.

   Co się stało, to się nie odstanie. ― What's done is done.

2. (reflexive with się) to become (to change into, to start being)

   Myślisz, że się zmieni, gdy stanie się sławna? ― Do you think she will change when she becomes famous?

   Po kilku dniach stali się najlepszymi przyjaciółmi. ― After a few days, they became best friends.

   Jego twarz stała się czerwona ze złości. ― His face turned red with anger.

3. (reflexive with się) to happen to, to happen with (to cause someone to undergo certain circumstances) [+ z (instrumental) = with/to whom]
4. (reflexive with się) to end up; to turn out

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), stać się is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 51 times in scientific texts, 22 times in news, 52 times in essays, 51 times in fiction, and 67 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 243 times, making it the 219th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

Inherited from Old Polish stać, from Proto-Slavic *stojati.

• stojeć, stojać (regional)

• IPA^(key): /stat͡ɕ/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈstɒt͡ɕ/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -at͡ɕ
• Syllabification: stać

stać impf (determinate, perfective stanąć, indeterminate stawać)

1. (intransitive, of living beings) to stand (to take a position on one's feet) [+ na (locative) = on what]

   Dlaczego ci ludzie tu stoją? ― Why are these people standing here?

   Stała przed nim przez pięć minut. ― She stood in front of him for five minutes.

2. (intransitive) to stand over, to stand behind (to be near an object and perform a task at it) [+ za (locative) = behind], [+ na (locative) = over what]
3. (intransitive, of objects) to stand, to be (to be in an upright position)

   Te książki wcześniej stały na półce. ― These books were standing on the shelf earlier.

   Na przystanku stoi autobus. ― There is a bus at the stop.

4. (intransitive) to stop, to stagnate (to remain in a state without chanhge)

   Od kilku miesięcy gospodarka stoi w miejscu. ― The economy has been in stagnation for several months now.

5. (intransitive, chiefly of hair) to stand up, to stand on end (to be straightened out from the body) [+dative = whose hair]
6. (intransitive) to stop (to remain motionless, to not move)

   Stała w korku przez pięć minut. ― She was in traffic for five minutes.

7. (intransitive, of words, etc.) to be (to be located in some text)
8. (intransitive) to stay (to remain in a particular place for a while)
9. (intransitive) to stop working; to shut down (to be in a state of non-continuation)

   Zegarek stał, a ja nie mogłem go naprawić. ― The watch wasn't working and I couldn't fix it.

   Nasza firma staje. ― Our company is shutting down.

10. (intransitive) to stand (to be in a particular situation)
11. (intransitive, of money) to value (to have some value) [+ po (accusative) = how much]
12. (intransitive) to stand (to have a particular position in a hierarchy)
13. (intransitive) to stand behind, to be behind (to influence) [+ za (instrumental) = behind what]
14. (intransitive) to stand with (to support) [+ przy (locative) = with whom]
15. (intransitive) to stand over (to watch) [+ nad (instrumental) = over whom]
16. (intransitive) to stand before (to be in a position where one needs to make a decision) [+ przed (instrumental) = before what/whom]
17. (intransitive) to stand behind, to be behind (to cause, to be the reason of, to be responsible for) [+ za (instrumental) = behind what]
18. (intransitive) to stand between (to cause difficulties, to not facilitate) [+ między (instrumental) = between what/whom]
19. (intransitive) to rely on, to depend on, to be based on the existence of something [+ na (locative) = on what], [+instrumental = with what]
20. (intransitive, colloquial) to be in force, to apply

    Umowa stoi. ― We've got a deal. (literally, “The deal is on.”)

21. (intransitive) to aim for, to try for (to attempt to achieve) [+ o (accusative) = for what]
22. (intransitive, obsolete) to be in progress

    Synonym: być w toku

23. (intransitive, obsolete) to care for, to take care of [+ o (accusative) = of whom]

    Synonyms: dbać, troszczyć się

24. (transitive, obsolete) to begin (to start, to initiate or take the first step into something) [+infinitive = to do what]

    Synonyms: jąć, począć, zacząć

25. (intransitive, obsolete) to serve [+dative = whom]

    Synonym: służyć

stać

1. halt! (stop moving!)

   Synonym: stój

stać pf (imperfective stawać)

1. (impersonal) used to express the ability to bear the costs; to be able to afford [+dative = subject], [+ na (accusative) = what one can afford]

   Wreszcie stać mnie na ten płaszcz. ― I can finally afford the coat.

   Nawet za pięć lat nie będzie go stać na ten samochód. ― Even in five years, he will not be able to afford this car.

2. (impersonal) used to capability; to be capable of [+dative = subject], [+ na (accusative) = what one can afford]

   Wiem, że stać nas na więcej! ― I know that we're capable of more!

3. (impersonal) to be available [+dative = subject], [+genitive = what is available]
4. (impersonal, archaic, in the past) to suffice, to be enough [+ za (accusative) = what is enough]

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), stać is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 13 times in scientific texts, 25 times in news, 33 times in essays, 104 times in fiction, and 53 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 228 times, making it the 240th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[2]

• stać in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• stać in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “1. stać”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “2. stać”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “stać się”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “STAĆ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 2011 November 20
• Wiesław Morawski (17.02.2009) “STAĆ%20SIĘ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “stać”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “stać”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1915), “stać”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish), volume 6, Warsaw, page 378
• stać in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

• IPA^(key): /ˈstat͡ɕ/
• Rhymes: -at͡ɕ
• Syllabification: stać

Inherited from Old Polish stać, from Proto-Slavic *stati.

stać pf

1. (reflexive with sie) to happen (to take place at a particular time)
2. (reflexive with sie) to become (to change into, to start being)
3. (reflexive with sie) to happen to, to happen with (to cause someone to undergo certain circumstances) [+ z (instrumental) = with/to whom]
4. (reflexive with sie) to end up; to turn out

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Inherited from Old Polish stać , from Proto-Slavic *stojati.

stać impf

1. (intransitive) to stand (to take a position on one's legs)

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• stŏć

• stac in dykcjonorz.eu
• stać_sie in silling.org
• stać in silling.org