russian word
to look for, search for in Russian: искать
verbimperfectivelevel A2#523 by frequency
every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum
Я долго искал свои ключи и наконец нашёл их под диваном. I looked for my keys for a long time and finally found them under the sofa.
Не помогай мне, я сам ищу нужную страницу. Do not help me, I am looking for the right page myself.
Он долго искал способ решить эту проблему. He spent a long time looking for a way to solve this problem.
В трудные времена люди ищут поддержки у близких. In hard times people seek support from those close to them.
What does искать mean in Russian?
01
to look for, search for (something or someone concrete)
Aspect pair
This verb is imperfective: ongoing or repeated action. Its perfective partner, for a completed one-time result, is
поискатьto look for (something) for a while; to make a searchperfective
Conjugation of искать
Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.
| present | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| я / мы | ищу | ищем |
| ты / вы | ищешь | ищете |
| он / они | ищет | ищут |
| past | |
|---|---|
| masc | искал |
| fem | искала |
| neut | искало |
| plural | искали |
| imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | ищи |
| вы | ищите |
Participles and gerunds
present activeищущий
past activeискавший
past passiveисканный
gerund (imperfective)ища
gerund (perfective)искав
gerund (perfective)искавши