везти

Old East Slavic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ʋɛˈzti/, /ˈʋɛzti/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ʋʲɛˈztʲi/, /ˈʋʲɛztʲi/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ʋʲɛˈztʲi/, /ˈʋʲɛztʲi/
  • Hyphenation: ве‧зти

Verb

везти (vezti) impf

  1. (transitive) to transport

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: везти (vezti)
  • Russian: везти́ (veztí)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “везти”, 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), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 233

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vezti, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Cognate with Latin vehō, Sanskrit वहति (vahati), Old English wegan (English weigh).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vʲɪˈsʲtʲi]
  • (file)
  • Homophone: вести́ (vestí)

Verb

везти́ • (veztí) impf (perfective повезти́)

  1. to convey, to carry (by vehicle), to deliver, to transport
    Synonym: транспорти́ровать (transportírovatʹ)
  2. (impersonal) to be lucky, to have luck, to work out for, to succeed, to be successful [+dative]
    Synonym: уда́чливый (udáčlivyj, lucky)
    Па́ше и Са́ше не везёт сего́дняPáše i Sáše ne vezjót sevódnjaPasha and Sasha are having no luck today.
    дурака́м всегда́ везётdurakám vsegdá vezjótfools are always lucky
    Perfective: повезти́ (poveztí)

Usage notes

везти́ (veztí) is a concrete verb. Its counterpart, вози́ть (vozítʹ), is an abstract verb.

Conjugation

Derived terms

verbs

(conveying)

(luck)

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vezti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʋezˈtɪ]
  • (file)

Verb

везти́ • (veztý) impf (perfective повезти́)

  1. to carry (by vehicle), to transport, to haul

Usage notes

Conjugation

Derived terms

Prefixed verbs

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.