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Russian
Etymology
у- (u-) + слыха́ть (slyxátʹ)
Pronunciation
Verb
услыха́ть • (uslyxátʹ) pf
- (colloquial) to manage to hear
- Synonym: услы́шать (uslýšatʹ)
1870, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], Странная история; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., A Strange Story, (Please provide a date or year):— Позво́льте спроси́ть, вы бу́дете на э́том ба́ле? — обрати́лся я к до́чери моего́ знако́мого. Мне хоте́лось услыха́ть звук её го́лоса.- — Pozvólʹte sprosítʹ, vy búdete na étom bále? — obratílsja ja k dóčeri mojevó znakómovo. Mne xotélosʹ uslyxátʹ zvuk jejó gólosa.
- 'Allow me to ask, will you be at the ball?' I said, turning to my friend's daughter. I wanted to hear the sound of her voice.
Conjugation
Conjugation of услыха́ть (class 1a perfective transitive)