stať

See also: Appendix:Variations of "stat"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstac]

Noun

stať f

1. (sciences) article

   Synonym: článek

Declension

Declension of stať (mixed i-stem [type 'žluč'] feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	stať	stati, statě
genitive	stati, statě	statí
dative	stati	statím
accusative	stať	stati, statě
vocative	stati	stati, statě
locative	stati	statích
instrumental	statí	statěmi

Further reading

• “stať”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “stať”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “stať”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stac/, [ˈstac]
• Rhymes: -ac

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *stā́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-. First attested in the 15th century.

Verb

stať pf (imperfective stávať)

1. (reflexive with sa) to become (to acquire new properties or transition into a new state, profession, or status)

   Z malého chlapca sa stal dospelý muž. ― The little boy has become a grown man.

2. (reflexive with sa) to happen, to occur, to befall (to take place, especially regarding accidents or unexpected events)

   Synonyms: prihodiť, udiať

   Nikto presne nevie, ako sa tá nehoda stala. ― No one knows exactly how that accident happened.

   nič sa nestalo ― no harm done (literally, “nothing happened”)

   čo sa stalo, už sa neodstane ― what's done is done (literally, “what has happened, cannot be undone”)

3. (reflexive with sa) to take place (to occur as a result of a process or a specific wish)

   rado sa stalo ― my pleasure (literally, “it happened gladly”)

   V spálni sa stala príjemná premena. ― A pleasant transformation took place in the bedroom.

4. (reflexive with sa) to arise, to set in, to emerge (to start to exist or happen, such as a state or condition)

   Synonyms: nastať, vniknúť

   V izbe sa náhle stala tma. ― Darkness suddenly fell in the room.

5. (intransitive or reflexive with si) to stand up, to take a stand, to position oneself (to assume a standing position or occupy a specific spot)

   Synonym: postaviť

   Stala si k obloku a ticho sledovala ulicu. ― She stood by the window and quietly watched the street.

6. (intransitive, literary) to stop, to halt (to cease movement; to come to a standstill)

   Synonyms: zastať, zastaviť

   Pán ako stĺp stane. ― The lord halts like a pillar.

Conjugation

Conjugation of stať sa (perfective; irregular)

infinitive			stať sa
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
past	masculine	stal som sa	stal si sa	stal sa	stali sme sa	stali ste sa	stali sa
	feminine	stala som sa	stala si sa	stala sa
	neuter	stalo som sa	stalo si sa	stalo sa
past perfect	masculine	bol som sa stal	bol si sa stal	bol sa stal	boli sme sa stali	boli ste sa stali	boli sa stali
	feminine	bola som sa stala	bola si sa stala	bola sa stala
	neuter	bolo som sa stalo	bolo si sa stalo	bolo sa stalo
future		stanem sa	staneš sa	stane sa	staneme sa	stanete sa	stanú sa
conditional		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
present	masculine	stal by som sa	stal by si sa	stal by sa	stali by sme sa	stali by ste sa	stali by sa
	feminine	stala by som sa	stala by si sa	stala by sa
	neuter	stalo by som sa	stalo by si sa	stalo by sa
past	masculine	bol by som sa stal	bol by si sa stal	bol by sa stal	boli by sme sa stali	boli by ste sa stali	boli by sa stali
	feminine	bola by som sa stala	bola by si sa stala	bola by sa stala
	neuter	bolo by som sa stalo	bolo by si sa stalo	bolo by sa stalo
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
present		—	staň sa	—	staňme sa	staňte sa	—
non-finite forms		participles				transgressive	verbal noun
		present active	past active	passive	l-participle
		—	stavší sa	—	stal sa, stala sa, stalo sa, stali sa	stanúc sa	stanie sa

Derived terms

• dostať
• nastať
• obstať
• odstať
• ostať
• ostatný
• povstanie
• povstať
• prestať
• prestávka
• pristáť
• pristať
• prístav
• privstať
• ranostaj
• ustať
• ustatý
• vstať
• vystať
• vyvstať
• zaostať
• zastať
• zastávka
• zavstať
• zostať
• zostatok

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian статья (statʹja, “article, item”). First attested in the 19th century.

Noun

stať f

1. article, essay, paper (a longer, usually scholarly or technical text on a specific topic, often part of a collection)

   Synonyms: článok, pojednanie, štúdia

   Jej najnovšia vedecká stať vyvolala v odborných kruhoch veľký ohlas. ― Her latest scientific essay received a great response in professional circles.

2. passage, section, part (a cohesive and self-contained part of a larger literary or technical work)

   Synonyms: oddiel, pasáž, úsek, kapitola

   V záverečnej stati svojej knihy sa autor venuje vízii budúcnosti moderných miest. ― In the final section of his book, the author focuses on the vision of the future of modern cities.

Declension

Declension of stať
(pattern dlaň)

	singular	plural
nominative	stať	state
genitive	state	statí
dative	stati	statiam
accusative	stať	state
locative	stati	statiach
instrumental	staťou	staťami

Further reading

• “stať”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026