strila

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *strěla.

Noun

strila f (Cyrillic spelling стрила)

  1. (Chakavian, Ikavian) arrow
    • late 15th century, Šiško Menčetić, Svitlostju lipos prosinu, kad pride tanci vila:
      Svu Kupida ima krjepos, luk i stril nje dva lica;
      kada jo' pogledam ljepos, padne vid k zemlji nica.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1501, Marko Marulić, Judita:
      A oni strilami bihu opasani
      ter britci sabljami po sviti pisani.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1536, Petar Zoranić, Planine:
      Zač ni ljupka strila
      jednako udrila
      nas i obuzila
      srdačce ljube me i moje tolikoj?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1551, Marin Držić, Tirena:
      Ali ima on krila, ončas bi poletio,
      i ognjenih strila, - s neba bi se osvetio.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1622, Ivan Gundulić, Suze sina razmetnoga:
      Trenuće oka, strila iz luka,
      Kijem potegne snažna ruka.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1756, Andrija Kačić Miošić, Razgovor ugodni:
      Livo krilo mletački galija
      Barbarigo vitežki branjaše,
      al ga biše strila udarila,
      ljuta strila u oko junačko.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1759, Antun Kanižlić, Sveta Rožalija:
      Pero je uzela vrimenu iz krila
      i smrti otela oblast smrtnih strila.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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Derived terms

Swedish

Etymology

stril +‎ -a

Verb

strila (present strilar, preterite strilade, supine strilat, imperative strila)

  1. to (cause to) run in thin streams, to sprinkle, to strew
    strila vatten med en vattenkanna
    sprinkle water with a watering can
    regnet strilade ner
    the rain sprinkled down

Usage notes

Streams more than droplets, but often used like "sprinkle" and "strew" idiomatically.

Conjugation

Conjugation of strila (weak)
active passive
infinitive strila strilas
supine strilat strilats
imperative strila —
imper. plural1 strilen —
present past present past
indicative strilar strilade strilas strilades
ind. plural1 strila strilade strilas strilades
subjunctive2 strile strilade striles strilades
present participle strilande
past participle —

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

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