вести

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛsti]

Noun

ве́сти • (vésti)

  1. indefinite plural of вест (vest)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛsti]

Noun

вести • (vesti)

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

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *vezti.

Verb

вести • (vesti) ?

  1. to carry (by vehicle)
  2. to convey
Conjugation

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
Derived terms

References

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

Old East Slavic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (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

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), volumes 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

  • IPA(key): [vʲɪˈsʲtʲi]
  • (file)
  • Homophone: везти́ (veztí)

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.
  2. to drive
Usage notes

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

Conjugation
Derived terms
verbs

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvʲesʲtʲɪ]

Noun

ве́сти • (vésti) f inan or f inan pl

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

See ве́зати.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

ве̑сти impf (Latin spelling vȇsti)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to embroider
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to stitch

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vesti.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

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

Derived terms

Further reading

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