letjeti

== Serbo-Croatian == === Alternative forms === lèteti (Ekavian) lèćeti (dialectal) lètiti (Ikavian, dialectal Ijekavian and Ekavian) === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *letěti. First attested in the 16th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lětjeti/ Hyphenation: le‧tje‧ti === Verb === lètjeti impf (Cyrillic spelling лѐтјети) (Ijekavian) (intransitive) to fly (of birds etc., or in an aircraft) visoko let(j)eti ― to fly high Ptica može let(j)eti. ― A bird can fly. Mrzim let(j)eti/da letim. ― I hate flying. Mora biti predivno let(j)eti nebom. ― It must be wonderful flying through the sky. Zašto se bojite let(j)eti/da letite? ― Why are you afraid of flying? (intransitive) to pass quickly, fly (especially of time) Vr(ij)eme leti. ― The time flies. (intransitive) to rush, hurry Letim s jednog kraja grada na drugi. ― I'm rushing from one corner of the city to another. (intransitive) to fly through something (as if thrown) Kamenje je let(j)elo zrakom. ― Stones were flying through the air. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “letjeti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 “letjeti”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика [Rečnik srpskohrvatskoga književnog jezika, Dictionary of the Serbo-Croatian Literary Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање [Second Phototype Edition], volume 3, Novi Sad; Zagreb: Matica srpska; Matica hrvatska, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 195