найти

Russian

Alternative forms

  • найдти (najdti)obsolete

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *najьti (find). By surface analysis, на- (na-) +‎ -йти́ (-jtí). Cognates include Ukrainian знайти́ (znajtý), Belarusian знайсці́ (znajscí).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɐjˈtʲi]
  • IPA(key): [nɐjˈtʲːi] (phonetic respelling: найдти́)
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Verb

найти́ • (najtípf (imperfective находи́ть)

  1. to find
  2. (figuratively) to think, to consider
  3. to come across
  4. to be located, to be situated
  5. to happen to have

Conjugation

Derived terms

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian найти́ (najtí), from Old East Slavic наити́ (naití), from Proto-Slavic *najьti. By surface analysis, на- (na-) +‎ йти́ (jtý)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɐi̯ˈtɪ]
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Verb

найти́ • (najtýpf (imperfective нахо́дити) (transitive)

  1. to find
  2. to figure out, to come up with, to think of
    Synonym: приду́мати (prydúmaty)
  3. to find, to consider, to think, to see
    Synonyms: вба́чити (vbáčyty), поба́чити (pobáčyty)
  4. (dated, colloquial) to give birth, to bring forth, to have (a child (usually, illegitimate))
    Synonym: нагуля́ти (nahuljáty)

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • (rare) на́йдення n (nájdennja)
  • найти́ся impf (najtýsja)
verbs

Verb

найти́ • (najtýpf (imperfective нахо́дити) (intransitive)

  1. to overwhelm, to engulf, to wash over, to sweep over, to set in, to kick in, to be struck with [with на (na, + accusative) ‘somebody’]
    Synonyms: оволоді́ти (ovolodíty), охопи́ти (oxopýty), напа́сти (napásty), напли́нути (naplýnuty), нахли́нути (naxlýnuty)
    1. (impersonal) to get into, to come over [with на (na, + accusative) ‘somebody’]
    Не зна́ю, що на ме́не найшло́.Ne znáju, ščo na méne najšló.I don't know what has gotten into me.
  2. to gather, to congregate, to flock
    Synonyms: згрома́дитися (zhromádytysja), зібра́тися (zibrátysja), зійти́ся (zijtýsja), набі́гти (nabíhty), наплисти́ (naplystý)
    1. to advance on, to attack, to invade [with на (na, + accusative) ‘sth./sb.’]
  3. (usually, of weather phenomena) to approach, to sweep in, to move in, to roll in, to loom
    Synonyms: насу́нутися (nasúnutysja), набли́зитися (nablýzytysja), насу́нути (nasúnuty), підступи́ти (pidstupýty), наплисти́ (naplystý), набі́гти (nabíhty), нахли́нути (naxlýnuty)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • (rare) на́йдення n (nájdennja)
  • наше́стя n (našéstja)

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