Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ekavian): lèteti
• (dialectal): lèćeti
• (Ikavian, dialectal Ijekavian and Ekavian): lètiti

Verb

lètjeti impf ‎(Cyrillic spelling лѐтјети)

1. (intransitive) to fly (of birds etc., or in an aircraft)

   ptica može let(j)eti‎ ― a bird can fly

   visoko let(j)eti‎ ― to fly high

   mrzim let(j)eti/da letim‎ ― I hate flying

   mora biti predivno let(j)eti nebom‎ ― it must be wonderful flying through the sky

   zašto se bojite let(j)eti/da letite?‎ ― why are you afraid of flying?

2. (intransitive) to pass quickly (especially of time)

   vr(ij)eme leti‎ ― the time flies

3. (intransitive) to rush, hurry

   letim s jednog kraja grada na drugi‎ ― I'm rushing from one corner of the city to another

4. (intransitive) to be thrown in the air (stones etc.)

   kamenje je let(j)elo zrakom‎ ― stones were being thrown in the air

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References

• “letjeti” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (1990, Друго фототипско издање), Матица српска, Matica hrvatska (Нови Сад, Zagreb), volume 3, page 195