strila

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• stréla (Ekavian)
• strijéla (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *strěla.

Noun

strila f (Cyrillic spelling стрила)

1. (Chakavian, Ikavian) arrow
   • late 15th century, Šiško Menčetić, Svitlostju lipos prosinu, kad pride tanci vila:

     Svu Kupida ima krjepos, luk i stril nje dva lica;
     kada jo' pogledam ljepos, padne vid k zemlji nica.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1501, Marko Marulić, Judita:

     A oni strilami bihu opasani
     ter britci sabljami po sviti pisani.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1536, Petar Zoranić, Planine:

     Zač ni ljupka strila
     jednako udrila
     nas i obuzila
     srdačce ljube me i moje tolikoj?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1551, Marin Držić, Tirena:

     Ali ima on krila, ončas bi poletio,
     i ognjenih strila, - s neba bi se osvetio.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1622, Ivan Gundulić, Suze sina razmetnoga:

     Trenuće oka, strila iz luka,
     Kijem potegne snažna ruka.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1756, Andrija Kačić Miošić, Razgovor ugodni:

     Livo krilo mletački galija
     Barbarigo vitežki branjaše,
     al ga biše strila udarila,
     ljuta strila u oko junačko.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1759, Antun Kanižlić, Sveta Rožalija:

     Pero je uzela vrimenu iz krila
     i smrti otela oblast smrtnih strila.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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Derived terms

• strilica
• ustriliti

Swedish

Etymology

stril +‎ -a

Verb

strila (present strilar, preterite strilade, supine strilat, imperative strila)

1. to (cause to) run in thin streams, to sprinkle, to strew

   strila vatten med en vattenkanna

   sprinkle water with a watering can

   regnet strilade ner

   the rain sprinkled down

Usage notes

Streams more than droplets, but often used like "sprinkle" and "strew" idiomatically.

Conjugation

Conjugation of strila (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	strila		strilas
Supine	strilat		strilats
Imperative	strila		—
Imper. plural1	strilen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	strilar	strilade	strilas	strilades
Ind. plural1	strila	strilade	strilas	strilades
Subjunctive2	strile	strilade	striles	strilades
	Participles
Present participle	strilande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• stril

References

• strila in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• strila in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• strila in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)