- verb пасть
- noun пасть
пасть
- 1.
to fall (in battle), to be killedmilitary
Его дед пал в бо́ю под Ку́рском.
His grandfather fell in battle near Kursk.
Perfective; imperfective: падать.
- 2.
to fall, to collapse
Го́род пал после до́лгой оса́ды.
The city fell after a long siege.
- 3.
to fall (down), to drop
Он пал на коле́ни и запла́кал.
He fell to his knees and burst into tears.
Literary; in everyday speech упасть is used.
- 4.
to sink (morally), to sink low
Она́ ни́зко па́ла в глаза́х друзе́й.
She sank low in her friends' eyes.
Often with низко.
- 5.
to fall to (somebody), to fall on (somebody)
Вы́бор пал на неё.
The choice fell on her.
Of выбор, жребий, подозрение.
Usage info
Dated, literary, figurative, formal: Прошло́ ме́ньше ве́ка, и непристу́пный за́мок всё-таки́ пал под уда́рами каза́цкой ко́нницы. After less than a century, even the impenetrable castle fell to the blows of the Cossack cavalry.
Examples
Династия, владычествовавшая столетиями, наконец пала.
The dynasty, which had ruled for centuries, finally fell.
Берли́нская стена па́ла в 1989 году.
The Berlin Wall fell in 1989.
В како́м году па́ла Берли́нская стена?
In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?
Слишком много солдатов Конфедера́ции пали в би́тве.
Too many Confederate soldiers had fallen in battle.
Conjugation
| Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|
| я | - | паду́ |
| ты | - | падёшь |
| он/она́/оно́ | - | падёт |
| мы | - | падём |
| вы | - | падёте |
| они́ | - | паду́т |
| Imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | пади́ |
| вы | пади́те |
| Past | |
|---|---|
| masculine | па́л |
| feminine | па́ла |
| neuter | па́ло |
| plural | па́ли |
Participles
| Active present | - | |
|---|---|---|
| Active past | the fallen, fallen | |
| Passive present | - | |
| Passive past | - | |
| Gerund present | падя́ | while doing (present) |
| Gerund past | па́в па́вши | while doing (past) |
Prefix groupPRO
| Verb | Prefix | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| пасть | - | to fall (in battle); to fall; to fall (down); to sink (morally); to fall to (somebody) |
| впасть | в- | to fall into; to flow into |
| вы́пасть | вы- | to fall out (of); to fall (of snow or rain); to fall on (a date); to fall to one's lot; to get a chance |
| запа́сть | за- | to stick in one's mind; to sink down; to fall (into a gap); to have a crush (on someone) |
See derived verb groups: впасть, пропа́сть
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