свистнуть
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Russian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *sweysd- (“to hiss”), of imitative origin; see also Ancient Greek σίζω (sízō, “I hiss”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
сви́стнуть • (svístnutʹ) pf (imperfective свисте́ть)
- to whistle
- (colloquial) to smack, to slap
- (colloquial, figurative) to sneak, to pinch, to steal
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of сви́стнуть (class 3a perfective transitive)
| perfective aspect | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | сви́стнуть svístnutʹ | |
| participles | present tense | past tense |
| active | — | сви́стнувший svístnuvšij |
| passive | — | сви́стнутый svístnutyj |
| adverbial | — | сви́стнув svístnuv, сви́стнувши svístnuvši |
| present tense | future tense | |
| 1st singular (я) | — | сви́стну svístnu |
| 2nd singular (ты) | — | сви́стнешь svístnešʹ |
| 3rd singular (он/она́/оно́) | — | сви́стнет svístnet |
| 1st plural (мы) | — | сви́стнем svístnem |
| 2nd plural (вы) | — | сви́стнете svístnete |
| 3rd plural (они́) | — | сви́стнут svístnut |
| imperative | singular | plural |
| сви́стни svístni |
сви́стните svístnite | |
| past tense | singular | plural (мы/вы/они́) |
| masculine (я/ты/он) | сви́стнул svístnul |
сви́стнули svístnuli |
| feminine (я/ты/она́) | сви́стнула svístnula | |
| neuter (оно́) | сви́стнуло svístnulo | |
Derived terms[edit]
- See свиста́ть (svistátʹ) for derived verbs.
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*swizd-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 365