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сулить

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Russian

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Etymology

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Vasmer connects this verb and the related noun посу́л (posúl) with Old Church Slavonic сулѣи (sulěi, superior), which is usually derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (to swell, be strong).

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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Derived terms

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