населя́ть

verb, imperfective

Very rarely used word (top 20,000)

Examples

Каки́е живо́тные населя́ют те острова?What animals inhabit those islands?

Когда Колумб откры́л Америку, бизо́ны (Америка́нские бу́йволы) населя́ли обши́рные террито́рии.When Columbus discovered America, bison (American buffalo) inhabited a wide-ranging area.

О́стров населя́ли лю́ди, промышлявшие ры́бной ло́влей.The island was inhabited by a fishing people.

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)

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