- 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
Кре́пость па́ла.
The fortress fell.
Прави́тельство Багда́да па́ло.
The government in Baghdad had fallen.
Берли́нская стена па́ла в 1990 году.
The Berlin Wall fell in 1990.
В како́м году па́ла Берли́нская стена?
In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?
Режи́м пал.
The regime has fallen.
Тому бы́ло двенадцать лет, когда па́ла Берли́нская стена.
Tom was twelve years old when the Berlin Wall fell.
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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