напасть

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Old Church Slavonic

Noun

напасть (napastĭf

  1. accident, misfortune
  2. peril
    • from Vita Methodii, 1400100-1400120:
      на вьсѣхъ же поутьхъ въ многꙑ напасти въпадъше отъ неприꙗзни, по поустꙑнѧмъ въ разбоиникꙑ и по морю въ вълънꙑ вѣтрьнꙑ, по рѣкамъ въ съмьртьнꙑ незапьнꙑ.
      na vĭsěxŭ že putĭxŭ vŭ mnogy napasti vŭpadŭše otŭ neprijazni, po pustynęmŭ vŭ razboiniky i po morju vŭ vŭlŭny větrĭny, po rěkamŭ vŭ sŭmĭrtĭny nezapĭny.
      On all his journeys he met with many perils because of the Adversary: in the wilderness with robbers, at sea with windblown waves, and on rivers with imminent death.

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Russian

Etymology

на- (na-) +‎ пасть (pastʹ)

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Noun

напа́сть (napástʹf inan (genitive напа́сти, nominative plural напа́сти, genitive plural напа́стей)

  1. misfortune, bad luck, trouble

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Verb

напа́сть (napástʹpf (imperfective напада́ть)

  1. to attack, to fall on, to assault, to descend (on)
  2. to come across, to come upon, to hit on
    я напа́л на мысльja napál na myslʹthe thought occurred to me
  3. (feeling, condition) to come (over), to grip, to seize, to overcome

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