летіти

From Old East Slavic летѣти (letěti), from Proto-Slavic *letěti. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lēk- (“to hop”).

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леті́ти • (letíty) impf (perfective полеті́ти) (intransitive)

1. to fly
2. to fall
3. (figurative) to hasten
4. (figurative) to pass, to go by (of time)
5. (figurative) to be carried back (of thoughts, feelings etc.)

• леті́ти (letíty) and полеті́ти (poletíty) are Ukrainian concrete verbs. Their counterparts, літа́ти (litáty) and політа́ти (politáty), are abstract verbs.

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “летіти”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “летіти”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “летіти”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “летіти”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)