слышать

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slỳšati, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-.

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Verb

слы́шать (slýšatʹimpf (perfective услы́шать)

  1. to hear
    • 1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 4:9:
      И сказал им: кто имеет уши слышать, да слышит!
      I skazal im: kto imejet uši slyšatʹ, da slyšit!
      And he said to them: he who has ears to hear, let him hear!
  2. (transitive, colloquial) to smell, to feel (a smell)
    Я слы́шу како́й-то стра́нный за́пах.
    Ja slýšu kakój-to stránnyj zápax.
    I smell something strange./I feel some strange smell.

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