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to think

Source:*myslitiProto-Slaviccertain

East Slavic thinks with *duma, West and South Slavic with *myslь.

English

to think

Polish

myśleć
ˈmɨɕlɛtɕ
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BCS script
  • Russian
    ду́матьdumatʹ
    ˈdumətʲdifferent word · Proto-Slavic *duma 'thought'

    The cognate мы́слить is bookish.

  • Ukrainian
    ду́матиdumaty
    ˈdumatɪdifferent word · Proto-Slavic *duma 'thought'
  • Polish
    myśleć
    ˈmɨɕlɛtɕinherited
  • Czech
    myslet
    ˈmɪslɛtinherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    mislitiмислити
    ˈmislitiinherited
  • English
    to think