| слІшать/услІшать | to hear |
| слџшать/послџшать [Pf-awhile] | to listen |
| хорошћ слІшать [no Pf.] | to hear well |
| плћхо слІшать [no Pf.] | to hear poorly |
| љле (or едвђ) слІшать [no Pf.] | to hear very poorly |
| Adv слІшать [no Pf.] прђвым (or лљвым, or однќм) џхомi | to hear Adv with one's right (or left, or one) ear |
NB Adv = хорошћ "well," плћхо "badly," љле "barely," едвђ "barely," etc. | |
| Ї љле слІшу лљвым џхом. | I can hardly hear out of my left ear. |
| глухћй | deaf |
| глуховђтый | partially deaf |
| тугоџхий | hard of hearing |
| глухћй (or глуховђтый) на прђвое (or лљвое, or однћ) џхоa | (partially) deaf in the right (or left, or one) ear |
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тџг на прђвое (or лљвое, or однћ) џхоa;
крљпок на прђвое (or лљвое, or однћ) џхоa Colloquial |
partially deaf in the right (or left, or one) ear, hard of hearing in the right (or left, or one) ear |
| Мћй отљц тџг на однћ џхо. | My father is almost deaf in one ear. |
| глћхнуть/оглћхнуть на прђвое (or лљвое, or однћ) џхоa | to become deaf in the right (or left, or one) ear |
| ухудшљние слџха Formal | hearing loss |
| слуховћй аппарђт | hearing aid |
| шептђть/прошептђть, шепнџть Nd в џхоa (or нђ ухоa) | to whisper into N's ear |
| говорќть/сказђть Nd в џхоa (or нђ ухоa) | to talk into N's ear |
| кричђть/крќкнуть Nd в џхоa | to yell into N's ear |
| над џхомi | nearby, within one's hearing |
NB The above expression is used with verbs denoting an emission of sound. | |
| Над егћ џхом ктћ-то вздохнџл (or закричђл or заговорќл). | Nearby, someone sighed (or shouted or spoke). |
| раздирђть [no Pf.] џшиa | to be ear-splitting, to be so loud that one's ears hurt |
| Раздђлся раздирђющий џши свќст паровћза. | The ear-splitting whistle of the engine was heard. |
| свистљть [no Pf.]: вљтерn свистќт в ушђхp | the wind whistles in one's ears |
| звучђть/прозвучђть, зазвучђть [Pf-begin] в ушђхp | to be heard in one's mind or imagination |
| Мелћдия из фќльма дћ сих пћр в ушђх звучќт. | To this day I can still hear the melody from the film. |
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Дћ сих пћр в глазђх — снљга нђст,
Дћ сих пћр в ушђх — шмћна гђм. [А. Гђлич] |
To this day I can picture the frozen crust of snow,
To this day I can hear the noisy frisking! [A. Galich] |
| слІшать/услІшать крђемi џхаg | to hear in passing |
| слџшать вполџха; слџшать однќм џхомi | to listen with only half an ear, without paying full attention |
| доносќться/донестќсь: Nn1 (не) донћсится до џшей Ng2 | N1 does(n't) reach N2's ears |
| наџшники | earphones |
| противошџмные наџшники | soundproofing headgear |
| затІчки для ушљйg; берџши Formal | ear plugs |
| чџткое џхо; тћнкое џхо | a sensitive ear, good ears; a discriminating ear |
| — Тќхо, а тћ отљц услІшит! У негћ ћчень чџткое џхо. | Be quiet, or else my father will hear! He has very good ears. |
NB The expressions чџткое џхо and тћнкое џхо shown above refer to a metonymic use of џхо (usually in the singular form) in the meaning "the sense of hearing, the ability to hear." | |