свиснути

Ukrainian

Etymology

Cognate with Russian сви́стнуть (svístnutʹ), Belarusian сві́снуць (svísnucʹ), Polish świsnąć. With -нути (-nuty) ending. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈsʋɪsnʊte]

Verb

сви́снути • (svýsnuty) pf

(intransitive, semelfactive) to whistle (to produce a whistling sound)
Imperfectives: свиста́ти (svystáty), свисті́ти (svystíty)
(transitive or intransitive, colloquial) to smack, to whack (to strike sharply)
(intransitive, colloquial, of liquids) to gush
(transitive, colloquial) to steal, to swipe
(intransitive, colloquial) to whoosh off (to flee quickly)

Conjugation

Conjugation of сви́снути, сви́снуть (class 3a, perfective, transitive and intransitive)

For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.
perfective aspect
infinitive	сви́снути, сви́снуть svýsnuty, svýsnutʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	—
passive	—	—
adverbial	—	сви́снувши svýsnuvšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular я	—	сви́сну svýsnu
2nd singular ти	—	сви́снеш svýsneš
3rd singular він / вона / воно	—	сви́сне svýsne
1st plural ми	—	сви́снем, сви́снемо svýsnem, svýsnemo
2nd plural ви	—	сви́снете svýsnete
3rd plural вони	—	сви́снуть svýsnutʹ
imperative	singular	plural
first-person	—	сви́снім, сви́снімо svýsnim, svýsnimo
second-person	сви́сни svýsny	сви́сніть svýsnitʹ
past tense	singular	plural ми / ви / вони
masculine я / ти / він	сви́снув svýsnuv	сви́снули svýsnuly
feminine я / ти / вона	сви́снула svýsnula
neuter воно	сви́снуло svýsnulo

References

Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “свиснути”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
“свиснути”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]