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sliniti

слинити

slȉniti · imperfective

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VERB
  1. to drool; to slobber
    Beba stalno slini jer joj izlaze zubi. — The baby keeps drooling because she's teething.
  2. colloq. (za/nad + noun) to drool over
    Svi momci sline za njom. — All the guys are drooling over her.
    Slinio je nad novim telefonom u izlogu. — He was drooling over the new phone in the shop window.
  3. (of the nose, a cold) to have a runny nose
    Dete je prehlađeno i stalno slini. — The child has a cold and his nose keeps running.

Figuratively it takes za or nad + instrumental (za njom); the colloquial sliniti se means "to make out sloppily".

Synonyms:
Conjugation, imperfective
Present tense
jaslinim
tisliniš
on/ona/onoslini
mislinimo
vislinite
oni/one/onasline
Past tense: slinio, slinila, slinilo · slinili, slinile
Future: sliniću, slinićeš, sliniće, slinićemo, slinićete, sliniće
Imperative: slini
AI Updated 29 October 2026