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класть

класть

See also: клясть

Russian

Verb

класть • ‎(klastʹ) impf ‎(perfective положи́ть)

  1. to put, to lay, to lay down, to deposit
  2. to apply
  3. to spend

Verb

класть • ‎(klastʹ) impf ‎(perfective сложи́ть)

  1. to lay, to lay down
  2. to erect

Conjugation

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Usage notes

  • The imperfective form "ложи́ть" (without any prefixes and reflexive suffixes) is considered non-standard.

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *klasti; compare Old Church Slavonic класти ‎(klasti) (first singular кладѫ ‎(kladǫ)), Ukrainian класти ‎(klasty), Belarusian класць ‎(klascʹ), Serbo-Croatian кла̏сти (first singular кла́де̄м), Slovene klásti (first singular kládem), Czech klást (first singular kladu), Slovak klаsť, Polish kłaść (first singular kładę). More distantly cognate with Lithuanian klóti ‎(“to lay, to cover”) (first singular klóju), Latvian klât ‎(“to cover”) (first singular klâju), Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌸𐌰𐌽 ‎(hlaþan, “to load”), English lade, Old High German hladan ‎(“to load”), German lаdеn ‎(“to load”). Not cognate with English load.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [klasʲtʲ]

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