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летјети

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Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *letěti.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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лѐтјети impf (Latin spelling lètjeti)

  1. (intransitive) to fly (of birds etc., or in an aircraft)
    високо лет(ј)етиto fly high
    птица може лет(ј)ети.A bird can fly.
    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.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  • летјети”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • летјети”, 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