достигнути

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From до- +‎ стигнути.

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  • IPA(key): /dǒstiɡnuti/
  • Hyphenation: до‧стиг‧ну‧ти

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до̀стигнути pf (Latin spelling dòstignuti)

  1. (transitive) to catch up, overtake (somebody or someone by moving with larger speed)
  2. (transitive) to reach, attain, achieve (desired goal, target, level of development etc.)
    dòstignuti vrhúnac — to peak

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From до- (do-) +‎ сти́гнути (stýhnuty). Compare Russian дости́гнуть (dostígnutʹ, to reach, to attain).

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  • IPA(key): [dɔˈstɪɦnʊte]
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дости́гнути (dostýhnutypf (imperfective достига́ти) (intransitive)

  1. to ripen, to mature (to grow ripe)
  2. (figuratively) to ripen, to mature (to approach or come to perfection)
    • 1958, Iryna Vilde, Сестри Річинські (книга перша) [The Richynski Sisters (book one)]:
      Думка ця, хоч муляла мозок Безбородькові від початку хвороби отця Аркадія, достигла і скристалізувалася за секунду
      Dumka cja, xoč muljala mozok Bezborodʹkovi vid počatku xvoroby otcja Arkadija, dostyhla i skrystalizuvalasja za sekundu
      This thought, although it had been clouding Bezborodkov's brain since the beginning of Father Arkady's illness, ripened and crystallized in a second

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