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свистнуть

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Russian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *sweysd- (to hiss), of imitative origin; see also Ancient Greek σίζω (sízō, I hiss).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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сви́стнуть (svístnutʹpf (imperfective свисте́ть)

  1. to whistle
  2. (colloquial) to smack, to slap
  3. (colloquial, figurative) to sneak, to pinch, to steal

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*swizd-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 365