сулить

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Russian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic сулѣи (sulěi), from Proto-Slavic [Term?]. Compare посу́л (posúl).

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Particularly: “By surface analysis, су- (su-, co-) +‎ лить (litʹ, to pour)? Or is this an incorrect analysis?”

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [sʊˈlʲitʲ]
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Verb

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сули́ть (sulítʹimpf (perfective посули́ть)

  1. (literary or dated) to promise
    Synonym: обеща́ть (obeščátʹ)
  2. (imperfective only) to foreshadow, to portend, to bode
    Synonyms: предвеща́ть (predveščátʹ), обеща́ть (obeščátʹ)
  3. (imperfective only) to predict, to prophesy
    Synonyms: предска́зывать (predskázyvatʹ), проро́чить (proróčitʹ)

Conjugation

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