позна́ть

uncommon #7158

verbperfective imperfective is познава́ть

1.
to get to know, to comprehend, to cognize, to become acquainted with
Челове́к стреми́тся позна́ть зако́ны приро́ды.
Man strives to comprehend the laws of nature.
Bookish; used of grasping the essence of something, often in philosophical or religious contexts.
2.
to experience, to go through, to live through, to taste
Он ра́но позна́л го́ре и нужду́.
He experienced grief and want early in life.
Typically with abstract nouns: grief, need, happiness, fame.

Examples

Позна́й самого себя.
Know yourself.
Он познал своё истинное естество
He came to know his true nature.
Только познав гармо́нию, ты ста́нешь вели́ким.
Only after perceiving harmony you may become great.
Позна́й себя.
Know yourself.
Иску́сство — ложь, позволяющая нам позна́ть пра́вду.
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
Мне пришло́сь позна́ть на свое́й шку́ре, что в университе́те для хоро́ших оце́нок нужно учи́ться.
I had to learn the hard way that you need to learn to get good grades in university.

Imperative
ты	позна́й
вы	позна́йте

Active present	-
Active past	позна́вший	having known, having experienced, having learned, who has known
Passive present	-
Passive past	по́знанный	known, cognized, perceived, understood
Gerund present	-
Gerund past	позна́в познавши	while doing (past)

знатьto know; to know (a person); to know (a subject); to seem (apparently, evidently)
verbimperfective
знатьnobility
nounfeminine
узна́тьto find out; to recognize; to get to know
verbperfective
вы́знатьto fully know
verbperfective
зна́тьсяto associate
verbimperfective

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(Derived from знать.)

Verb	Prefix	Meaning
позна́ть	по-	to get to know; to experience
распозна́ть	рас-	to recognize/discern

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