пострадать

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Russian

Etymology

по- (po-) +‎ страда́ть (stradátʹ)

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Verb

пострада́ть (postradátʹpf (imperfective страда́ть)

  1. to suffer
    • 1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 8:31:
      И начал учить их, что Сыну Человеческому много должно пострадать, быть отвержену старейшинами, первосвященниками и книжниками, и быть убиту, и в третий день воскреснуть.
      I načal učitʹ ix, što Synu Čelovečeskomu mnogo dolžno postradatʹ, bytʹ otverženu starejšinami, pervosvjaščennikami i knižnikami, i bytʹ ubitu, i v tretij denʹ voskresnutʹ.
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  2. (perfective only) to come to harm

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