Russian

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Etymology

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Dialectally also сля́ться (sljátʹsja). Per Vasmer, quoting Sobolevsky, probably from Proto-Slavic *sъljati sę, from *sъlati (to send) (whence Russian слать (slatʹ)).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʂlʲat͡sːə]
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Verb

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шля́ться (šljátʹsjaimpf

  1. (colloquial) to loaf about, to gad about

Conjugation

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “шляться”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress