обретать

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic обрѣтати (obrětati), from Proto-Slavic *obrětati. By surface analysis, обрет- (obret-) + -а́ть (-átʹ). Compare встретить (vstretitʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐbrʲɪˈtatʲ]
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Verb

обрета́ть • (obretátʹ) impf (perfective обрести́)

  1. (literary) to gain, to acquire, to be blessed with
    обрета́ть поко́йobretátʹ pokójto find peace
    обрета́ть ве́рных друзе́йobretátʹ vérnyx druzéjto find faithful friends

Conjugation

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