летети

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *letěti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lěteti/
  • Hyphenation: ле‧те‧ти

Verb

лѐтети impf (Latin spelling lèteti)

  1. (intransitive) to fly (of birds etc., or in an aircraft)
    птица може лет(ј)ети ― a bird can fly
    високо лет(ј)ети ― to fly high
    мрзим лет(ј)ети/да летим ― I hate flying
    мора бити предивно лет(ј)ети небом ― it must be wonderful flying through the sky
    зашто се бојите лет(ј)ети/да летите? ― why are you afraid of flying?
  2. (intransitive) to pass quickly (especially of time)
    вр(иј)еме лети ― the time flies
  3. (intransitive) to rush, hurry
    летим с једног краја града на други ― I'm rushing from one corner of the city to another
  4. (intransitive) to be thrown in the air (stones etc.)
    камење је лет(ј)ело зраком ― stones were being thrown in the air

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References

  • “летети” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • “летети”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 3, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 195
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