погнаться

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Russian

Etymology

погна́ть (pognátʹ) +‎ -ся (-sja)

Pronunciation

Verb

погна́ться (pognátʹsjapf (imperfective гна́ться)

  1. to start chasing, to start pursuing
  2. passive of погна́ть (pognátʹ)

Usage notes

Погна́ться and гна́ться (gnátʹsja) are in the class of Russian concrete verbs. Their counterparts, погоня́ться (pogonjátʹsja) and гоня́ться (gonjátʹsja), are in the class of Russian abstract verbs.

Conjugation