летјети

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • (Ekavian): лѐтети
  • (dialectal): лѐћети
  • (Ikavian, dialectal Ijekavian and Ekavian): лѐтити

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *letěti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lětjeti/
  • Hyphenation: ле‧тје‧ти

Verb

лѐтјети impf (Latin spelling lètjeti)

  1. (intransitive) to fly (of birds etc., or in an aircraft)
    птица може лет(ј)етиa bird can fly
    високо лет(ј)етиto fly high
    мрзим лет(ј)ети/да летимI hate flying
    мора бити предивно лет(ј)ети небомit 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 летиthe time flies
  3. (intransitive) to rush, hurry
    летим с једног краја града на другиI'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 зракомstones were being thrown in the air

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

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