лестити

Inherited from Old Ruthenian льстити (lʹstiti), from Old East Slavic льстити, лестити (lĭstiti, lestiti), from Proto-Slavic *lьstiti. By surface analysis, (archaic or rare) лесть (lestʹ) +‎ -ити (-yty).

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ле́стити or лести́ти • (léstyty or lestýty) impf (intransitive, used with dative)

1. to flatter, to adulate, to stroke someone's ego (to compliment someone, often insincerely and sometimes to win their favor)

   Synonym: підли́зуватися (pidlýzuvatysja)

2. to flatter, to compliment (to pay a compliment to someone)
3. to flatter, to please, to stroke someone's ego (to make someone feel pleased; to appeal to someone's vanity)
4. (impersonal) to flatter, to please, to stroke someone's ego (to make someone feel pleased; to appeal to someone's vanity)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “лестити”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “лестити”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “лестити”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “лестити”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “лестити”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “лестити”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “лестити”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)