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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic сулѣи (sulěi), from Proto-Slavic [Term?]. Compare посу́л (posúl).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [sʊˈlʲitʲ]
  • (file)

Verb edit

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)

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