Mislila

Mislila is a feminine singular past tense form of the verb mislit i meaning to think in several South Slavic languages, including Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian, Montenegrin, and Slovenian. It expresses that a female subject thought or was thinking in the past. In context, it commonly appears as part of a past tense construction, for example: Ona je mislila da će doći (She thought that they would come).

Etymology and cognates: The verb mislit i/misliti derives from a common Slavic root related to thought, with cognates across languages such as Polish myślała and Czech myslela. The form mislila specifically marks feminine singular past tense. Related gendered past forms include mislio (masculine singular) and mislilo (neuter singular), while plural forms are mislili (masculine/mixed) and mislile (feminine).

Grammatical notes: In Serbo-Croatian and Slovenian varieties, past tense is typically formed with a auxiliary verb to biti (to be) plus a past participle; the participle agrees in gender and number with the subject. Thus, for a female subject, the feminine singular form is mislila, while the masculine singular would be mislio. The word can stand alone in elliptical or narrative contexts as part of a full clause, but it is usually embedded in a larger sentence such as "Ona je mislila" or "Ona mislila da..." depending on dialect and register.

See also: misliti, misli, misao (thought).