постава

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔstava]

Noun

постава • (postava) f

1. lining (fabric)

Declension

Declension of постава

	singular	plural
indefinite	постава (postava)	постави (postavi)
definite unspecified	поставата (postavata)	поставите (postavite)
definite proximal	поставава (postavava)	поставиве (postavive)
definite distal	поставана (postavana)	поставине (postavine)
vocative	поставо (postavo)	постави (postavi)

Russian

Pronunciation

• поста́ва: IPA^(key): [pɐˈstavə]
• постава́: IPA^(key): [pəstɐˈva]

Noun

поста́ва • (postáva) m inan

1. genitive singular of поста́в (postáv)

Noun

постава́ • (postavá) m inan pl

1. nominative/accusative plural of поста́в (postáv)

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *postava. Synchronically analyzable as a deverbal from поста́вити (postávyty). Compare Belarusian паста́ва (pastáva), Polish postawa, Czech postava.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɔˈstaʋɐ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

поста́ва • (postáva) f inan (genitive поста́ви, nominative plural поста́ви, genitive plural поста́в)

1. posture, attitude, bearing, carriage (the way a person holds and positions their body)

   Synonym: по́за f (póza)

2. (rare, theater) staging, production

   Synonym: постано́вка f (postanóvka)

Declension

Declension of поста́ва (inan hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	поста́ва postáva	поста́ви postávy
genitive	поста́ви postávy	поста́в postáv
dative	поста́ві postávi	поста́вам postávam
accusative	поста́ву postávu	поста́ви postávy
instrumental	поста́вою postávoju	поста́вами postávamy
locative	поста́ві postávi	поста́вах postávax
vocative	поста́во postávo	поста́ви postávy

Derived terms

• поставни́й (postavnýj)

Related terms

• поста́влення n (postávlennja)
• ста́вити impf (stávyty), поста́вити pf (postávyty)

 

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “постава”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “постава”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “постава”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “постава”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)