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Russian
Etymology
слыха́ть (slyxátʹ) + -ивать (-ivatʹ)
Pronunciation
Verb
слы́хивать • (slýxivatʹ) impf
- to hear (repeatedly or frequently); iterative of слыха́ть (slyxátʹ), iterative of слы́шать (slýšatʹ)
1835, Николай Гоголь [Nikolai Gogol], “Октября 3.”, in Записки сумасшедшего; English translation from Claud Field, transl., Memoirs of a Madman, 1916:Призна́юсь, с неда́внего вре́мени я начина́ю иногда́ слы́шать и ви́деть таки́е ве́щи, кото́рых никто́ ещё́ не ви́дывал и не слы́хивал.- Priznájusʹ, s nedávnevo vrémeni ja načináju inogdá slýšatʹ i vídetʹ takíje véšči, kotóryx niktó ješčó ne vídyval i ne slýxival.
- For some little time past I hear and see things which no other man has heard and seen.
Usage notes
- This is an iterative verb, and in standard language is conjugated only in the infinitive and the past tense.
Conjugation
Conjugation of слы́хивать (class 1a imperfective transitive iterative)