звести

Ukrainian

Etymology

From з- (z-) +‎ вести́ (vestý). Compare Russian свести́ (svestí), Belarusian зве́сці (zvjésci), Polish zwieść.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zʋeˈstɪ]

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Verb

звести́ • (zvestý) pf (imperfective зво́дити) (transitive)

1. to lead, to take (from somewhere)

   не звести́ оче́й / по́гляду з (+ genitive) ― ne zvestý očéj / póhljadu z ― not to take one's eyes from (someone/something)

   звести́ з ро́зуму / ума́ ― zvestý z rózumu / umá ― to drive crazy (literally, “to lead from reason”)

   звести́ зі сві́ту ― zvestý zi svítu ― to lead to the death of (literally, “to lead/take from the world”)

   звести́ в моги́лу ― zvestý v mohýlu ― to lead/send (someone) to one's grave

2. to bring [with на (na, + accusative) ‘to a topic, theme, etc.’]

   звести́ розмо́ву на (+ accusative) ― zvestý rozmóvu na ― to bring/shift the conversation to (a topic)

3. to raise

   звести́ куро́к ― zvestý kurók ― to cock (literally, “to raise the cocking piece/handle (of a firearm)”)

4. to build, to erect
5. to bring together (to gather, to move closer to each other)

   звести́ доку́пи ― zvestý dokúpy ― to bring together

   звести́ плечи́ма ― zvestý plečýma ― to shrug one's shoulders

   звести́ кінці́ з кінця́ми ― zvestý kincí z kincjámy ― to make ends meet (literally, “to bring together ends with ends”)

   звести́ дух ― zvestý dux ― to catch one's breath, to gather breath

6. to reconcile, to settle (to make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance)

   звести́ раху́нки з (+ instrumental) ― zvestý raxúnky z ― to settle a score with, to square accounts with (someone)

7. (colloquial) to bring together (to cause people to do something together; to bring about togetherness)
8. to blame, to lay [with на (na, + accusative) ‘on someone’] (to impute)

   звести́ на́клеп на (+ accusative) ― zvestý náklep na ― to calumniate, to cast aspersions on, to libel, to malign, to slander, to traduce

9. to lead astray

   звести́ на манівці́ (idiomatic) ― zvestý na manivcí ― to lead astray; to lead up the garden path (literally, “to lead onto a detour”)

10. to seduce
11. to reduce (to bring to an inferior state or condition)

    звести́ наніве́ць ― zvestý nanivécʹ ― to reduce/bring to nothing, to bring to nought, to nullify

12. to cramp (to affect with cramps or spasms)

    Near-synonym: посудо́мити pf (posudómyty)

13. to bring down, to boil down, to reduce [with до (do, + genitive) or на (na, + accusative) ‘to’] (to diminish or simplify)

    звести́ до мі́німуму ― zvestý do mínimumu ― to reduce to a minimum, to minimize

    звести́ до спі́льного знаме́нника ― zvestý do spílʹnoho znaménnyka ― to reduce to a common denominator

Conjugation

For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.

perfective aspect
infinitive	звести́ zvestý
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	—
passive	—	зве́дений zvédenyj impersonal: зве́дено zvédeno
adverbial	—	зві́вши zvívšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular я	—	зведу́ zvedú
2nd singular ти	—	зведе́ш zvedéš
3rd singular він / вона / воно	—	зведе́ zvedé
1st plural ми	—	зведе́м, зведемо́ zvedém, zvedemó
2nd plural ви	—	зведете́ zvedeté
3rd plural вони	—	зведу́ть zvedútʹ
imperative	singular	plural
first-person	—	зведі́м, зведі́мо zvedím, zvedímo
second-person	зведи́ zvedý	зведі́ть zvedítʹ
past tense	singular	plural ми / ви / вони
masculine я / ти / він	звів zviv	звели́ zvelý
feminine я / ти / вона	звела́ zvelá
neuter воно	звело́ zveló

Conjugation of звести́ (class 7b, perfective, transitive)

Derived terms

• зве́дення n (zvédennja)
• звести́ся pf (zvestýsja)
• звід m (zvid)

 

Multiword terms

• звести́ з ро́зуму pf (zvestý z rózumu)
• звести́ з ума́ pf (zvestý z umá)
• звести́ раху́нки з життя́м pf (zvestý raxúnky z žyttjám)

 

Prefixed verbs

• призвести́ pf (pryzvestý)

 

References

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2014), “звести”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (з – зв'я́нути), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN, page 778
• “звести”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1972), “звести”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (З), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 469
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “звести”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “звести”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “звести”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “звести”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)