населя́ть

verbimperfective (partner насели́ть)very rarely used (#14628)

Examples

О́стров населя́ли лю́ди, промышлявшие ры́бной ло́влей.
The island was inhabited by a fishing people.
Негроиды традиционно населяют Африку южнее Сахары.
Negroids have traditionally inhabited Africa south of the Sahara.
Австралоиды издавна населяли территорию Австралии.
Australoids have inhabited the territory of Australia since ancient times.
Когда Колумб откры́л Америку, бизо́ны (Америка́нские бу́йволы) населя́ли обши́рные террито́рии.
When Columbus discovered America, bison (American buffalo) inhabited a wide-ranging area.
Каки́е живо́тные населя́ют те острова?
What animals inhabit those islands?

Imperative
ты	населя́й
вы	населя́йте

Active present	населя́ющий	inhabiting, populating, dwelling
Active past	населя́вший	who inhabited, that inhabited, having inhabited
Passive present	населя́емый	inhabited, populated
Passive past	-
Gerund present	населя́я	while doing (present)
Gerund past	населя́в населявши	while doing (past)

Verb	Prefix	Meaning
вселя́ть	в-	to settle in / to establish; to instil(l); to imbue (with hope etc.)
выселя́ть	вы-	evict
заселя́ть	за-	populate
населя́ть	на-	populate

LockedUnlock verb prefix groups

село́
village; A large peasant settlement is an economic and administrative center for the surrounding villages (in pre-revolutionary Russia a church was also a mandatory part of such a settlement).
населе́ние
population
населённый
populated