ставац

Inherited from Old Slovak stávať, from Proto-Slavic *stavati.

• IPA^(key): [ˈstavat͡s]
• Rhymes: -avat͡s
• Hyphenation: ста‧вац

ставац (stavac) impf (perfective стануц)

1. (intransitive) to rise, to get up (from a sitting or lying position, from bed, etc.)

   хто вчас става тому и бог дава ― xto včas stava tomu i boh dava ― early bird gets the worm (literally, “whoever gets up early, God will reward them”)

   ставац додня рано ― stavac dodnja rano ― to get up very early

   • 2024 September 17, А. Балатинац, “Учителька хтора жиє свой сон (I) [A teacher who is living her dream (I)]”, in Руске Слово‎^[1]:

     Док сом жила при моїх, шицко ше робело так як цо то робели Руснаци, додня ше ставало, здравкало, робело по обисцох.

     Dok som žila pri mojix, šicko še robelo tak jak co to robeli Rusnaci, dodnja še stavalo, zdravkalo, robelo po obiscox.

     When I lived with my family, everything was done the way the Rusyns did, got up at the crack of dawn, greeted, worked according to the households.

2. (intransitive) to stand, to stand still, to stop (to remain motionless)

   гайзибан става на каждей станїци

   hajziban stava na každej stanjici

   the train stops at every station

   до гарла става чутак

   do harla stava čutak

   there is a lump in my throat

   (literally, “a lump stands still to my throat”)

3. (intransitive, of watercraft) to dock
4. (intransitive) to stand (to support oneself on the feet in an erect position)

   става ґу облаку и патри ― stava gu oblaku i patri ― he stands at the window and looks

   дражка нєровна, меркуй дзе ставаш

   dražka njerovna, merkuj dze stavaš

   the path is uneven, watch where you are standing

5. (intransitive) to become, to turn into, to transform into (to physically change)

   кед овоц гнїє/кишнє, вона на алкогол става

   ked ovoc hnjije/kišnje, vona na alkohol stava

   when fruit rots, it turns into alcohol

6. (intransitive, obsolete) to become (to metaphorically change)
7. (ambitransitive) to become, to start in a new occupation [with dative and за (za, + accusative)]

   ставац за роботнїка ― stavac za robotnjika ― to start working (literally, “to become a worker”)

   ставац дакому за старателя ― stavac dakomu za staratelja ― to become someone's guardian

ставац (stavac) impf (perfective стац)

1. (reflexive with ше (še)) to happen, to occur

   Synonym: случовац (slučovac)

2. (reflexive with ше (še), obsolete) to become, to get (to change, esp. in size or magnitude)

   Synonym: поставац (postavac)

   од дижджу барки ше ставали вше векши

   od diždžu barki še stavali vše vekši

   because of the rain, the puddles were getting bigger and bigger

   живот ше ставал вше чежши

   život še staval vše čežši

   life was becoming increasingly difficult

3. (reflexive with ше (še), obsolete) to arise, to emerge, to develop

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “ставац”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “ставац ше”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “happen”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 133
• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “rise (rose, risen)”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 255
• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “stand (stood, stood)”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 299