This is the 5616th most frequent Russian word.
почувствовал
"Felt" (past tense of feel).
Here, 'почувствовал' denotes the experience of an emotion (joy) and is used in the past tense of the masculine form.
Я почувствовал радость, когда увидел своих друзей.
I felt joy when I saw my friends.
In this sentence, 'почувствовал' refers to the sensation of a physical stimulus (the cold wind) in the masculine past form.
Он почувствовал холодный ветер на своей коже.
He felt the cold wind on his skin.
Here, 'почувствовала' reflects the experience of a state of being (tiredness), with the verb adapted to the feminine past tense.