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вести

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Bulgarian

Pronunciation

Noun

ве́сти (vésti)

  1. indefinite plural of вест (vest)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

Noun

вести (vesti)

  1. indefinite plural of вест (vest)
  2. news

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *vezti.

Verb

вести (vesti) impf or pf

  1. to carry (by vehicle)
  2. to convey
Conjugation
More information singular, dual ...

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *vesti, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ-.

Verb

вести (vesti) (1st person singular present ведѫ)

  1. to lead
  2. to conduct
Conjugation
More information singular, dual ...
Derived terms

References

  • S. C. Gardiner, Old church Slavonic: an elementary grammar, Cambridge University Press, 1984.
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Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vesti. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic вести (vesti) and Old Polish wieść.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋɛˈsti/, /ˈʋɛsti//ʋʲɛˈstʲi/, /ˈʋʲɛstʲi//ʋʲɛˈstʲi/, /ˈʋʲɛstʲi/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ʋɛˈsti/, /ˈʋɛsti/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ʋʲɛˈstʲi/, /ˈʋʲɛstʲi/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ʋʲɛˈstʲi/, /ˈʋʲɛstʲi/

  • Hyphenation: ве‧сти

Verb

вести (vesti) impf

  1. (transitive) to lead

Conjugation

More information Singular, Dual ...

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: вести (vesti)
  • Russian: вести́ (vestí)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “вести”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 247

Russian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vesti.

Pronunciation

Verb

вести́ (vestí) impf (perfective повести́, verbal noun веде́ние)

  1. to lead, to preside over, to chair
    вести́ заседа́ниеvestí zasedánijeto preside over a meeting
    вести́ перегово́рыvestí peregovóryto negotiate, to conduct negotiations
    вести́ себя́vestí sebjáto behave
    пло́хо себя́ вести́plóxo sebjá vestíto behave poorly
    вести́ себя́ хорошо́vestí sebjá xorošóto acquit oneself well
    вести́ войну́vestí vojnúto wage a war, to conduct a war, to be at war, to fight a war
    вести́ запись / учёт / журналvestí zapisʹ / učót / žurnalto keep a record / records / a log / a diary, etc.
    • 1887, Николай Лесков, “Глава восьмая”, in Грабёж; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., A Robbery, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:
      — Веди́, — говори́т дя́дя, — я что́-то вдруг всё забы́л — где мы, и ничего́ рассмотре́ть не могу́.
      — Vedí, — govorít djádja, — ja štó-to vdrug vsjo zabýl — gde my, i ničevó rassmotrétʹ ne mogú.
      Lead me,” says my uncle. “I’ve somehow suddenly forgotten all about where we are, and I can’t make anything out.”
  2. to drive
Usage notes

вести́ (vestí) is a concrete verb. Its counterpart, води́ть (vodítʹ), is an abstract verb.

Conjugation
More information imperfective aspect, infinitive ...
More information imperfective aspect, infinitive ...
Derived terms
verbs

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

ве́сти (vésti) f inan or f inan pl

  1. inflection of весть (vestʹ):
    1. genitive/dative/prepositional singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural
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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

See ве́зати.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋêːsti/
  • Hyphenation: вес‧ти

Verb

ве̑сти impf (Latin spelling vȇsti)

  1. (ambitransitive) to embroider
  2. (ambitransitive) to stitch

Conjugation

More information infinitive, present verbal adverb ...

1   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
2   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.
3   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.
4   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.
  *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

References

  • вести”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vesti.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [ʋeˈstɪ]

Verb

вести́ (vestý) impf

  1. to lead, to conduct
    вести́ перегово́риvestý perehovóryto negotiate, to conduct negotiations
    вести́ перемо́виниvestý peremóvynyto negotiate, to conduct negotiations
  2. to drive

Usage notes

Conjugation

More information imperfective aspect, infinitive ...

Derived terms

Prefixed verbs

Further reading

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