vést

See also: vest and vešt

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech vésti, from Proto-Slavic *vesti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *westéi, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛːst]
  • Audio(file)

Verb

vést impf

  1. to lead (to guide)
  2. to conduct (to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc.)
  3. (reflexive with se) to be doing, to do, to fare
    Synonym: dařit se
    Jak se (ti) vede? ― How are you doing?

Usage notes

Vést is in the class of Czech concrete verbs. Its counterpart, vodit, is an abstract verb.

Conjugation
Conjugation
Infinitive vést, vésti Active adjective vedoucí
Verbal noun — Passive adjective —
Present formsindicativeimperative
singularpluralsingularplural
1st person veduvedeme—veďme
2nd person vedešvedeteveďveďte
3rd person vedevedou——
The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive vést.
ParticiplesPast participlesPassive participles
singularpluralsingularplural
masculine animate vedlvedlivedenvedeni
masculine inanimate vedlyvedeny
feminine vedlavedena
neuter vedlovedlavedenovedena
Transgressives present past
masculine singular veda—
feminine + neuter singular vedouc—
plural vedouce—

Antonyms
adjectives
nouns
verbs
proverb

Further reading
  • vésti in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • vésti in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • vést in Internetová jazyková příručka
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