слишати

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• слишити

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slyšati, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slîʃati/

Verb

сли̏шати impf or pf (Latin spelling slȉšati)

1. (obsolete) to hear
2. (obsolete) to question, to interrogate
   • 1521, Marko Marulić, Judita:

     Sliſcaiu zaidoſce, od chud gres i chamo
     Catgime rochoſce, prauinam da znamo.

     Sliša(t) ju zajdoše: »Od kud greš i kamo?
     Ča t’ jime?«, rekoše. »Pravi nam da znamo.«

     They came by to question her: “Where do you come from and where are you going?
     What is your name?” they said. “Tell us, that we may know.”

References

• Josip Hamm, editor (1955-1956), “slišati”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎^[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 15, Zagreb: JAZU, page 540