прибегать

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Russian

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Etymology

при- (pri-) +‎ бе́гать (bégatʹ) +‎ -а́ть (-átʹ)

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Verb

прибега́ть (pribegátʹimpf (perfective прибе́гнуть or прибежа́ть)

  1. to resort, to have recourse, to fall back (upon)
    прибега́ть к по́мощиpribegátʹ k pómoščito resort to the help; have recourse
    прибега́ть к силеpribegátʹ k sileto resort to force
    Perfective: прибе́гнуть (pribégnutʹ)
    • 1879, Николай Лесков [Nikolai Leskov], “Глава первая”, in Однодум; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Singlemind, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:
      Он был, как мать, уме́рен во всём и никогда́ не прибега́л ни к чьей посторо́нней по́мощи.
      On byl, kak matʹ, uméren vo vsjom i nikogdá ne pribegál ni k čʹjej postorónnej pómošči.
      He was moderate in everything, like his mother, and never resorted to any outside help.
  2. to come running
    Perfective: прибежа́ть (pribežátʹ)

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