strila

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

stréla (Ekavian)
strijéla (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *strěla.

Noun

strila f (Cyrillic spelling стрила)

(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

Swedish

Etymology

stril +‎ -a

Verb

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

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

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