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постига́ть

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verbimperfective perfective is пости́гнуть
  • 1.

    to comprehend, to understand, to grasp, to perceive

    Он постепе́нно постига́л смысл э́тих слов.

    He was gradually grasping the meaning of these words.

    Somewhat bookish; of ideas, meaning, the essence of something.

  • 2.

    to befall, to strike, to happen to

    Тако́е несча́стье постига́ет мно́гих.

    Such a misfortune befalls many people.

    Subject is a misfortune, grief or disaster; the person affected is the object.

Conjugation

PresentFuture
я
постига́ю
бу́ду постига́ть
ты
постига́ешь
бу́дешь постига́ть
он/она́/оно́
постига́ет
бу́дет постига́ть
мы
постига́ем
бу́дем постига́ть
вы
постига́ете
бу́дете постига́ть
они́
постига́ют
бу́дут постига́ть
Imperative
ты
постига́й
вы
постига́йте
Past
masculine
постига́л
feminine
постига́ла
neuter
постига́ло
plural
постига́ли

Participles

Active present

постига́ющий

comprehending, grasping, apprehending, understanding

Active past

постига́вший

comprehending, grasping, understanding, who was comprehending

Passive present

постига́емый

comprehensible, understandable, graspable

Passive past

-

Gerund present

постига́я

while doing (present)
Gerund past

постигав

постигавши

while doing (past)

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VerbPrefixMeaning
достига́тьдо-to reach; to attain
застига́тьза-to catch
настига́тьна-to overtake
постига́тьпо-to comprehend; to befall
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