свистнуть

Russian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

сви́стнуть • (svístnutʹ) pf (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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References

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