вести

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Bulgarian

Pronunciation

Noun

ве́сти (vésti)

  1. indefinite plural of вест (vest)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

Noun

вести (vesti)

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

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *vezti.

Verb

вести (vestiimpf or pf

  1. to carry (by vehicle)
  2. to convey
Conjugation
Present tense of вести
singular dual plural
азъ (azŭ) тꙑ (ty) тъ () вѣ () ва (va) та (ta) мꙑ (my) вꙑ (vy) ти (ti)
везѫ (vezǫ) везеши (vezeši) везетъ (vezetŭ) везевѣ (vezevě) везета (vezeta) везете (vezete) веземъ (vezemŭ) везете (vezete) везѫтъ (vezǫtŭ)

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
Present tense of вести
singular dual plural
азъ (azŭ) тꙑ (ty) тъ () вѣ () ва (va) та (ta) мꙑ (my) вꙑ (vy) ти (ti)
ведѫ (vedǫ) ведеши (vedeši) ведетъ (vedetŭ) ведевѣ (vedevě) ведета (vedeta) ведете (vedete) ведемъ (vedemŭ) ведете (vedete) ведѫтъ (vedǫtŭ)
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

  • IPA(key): /ʋɛˈsti/, /ˈʋɛsti//ʋʲɛˈstʲi/, /ˈʋʲɛstʲi//ʋʲɛˈstʲi/, /ˈʋʲɛstʲi/
  • (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 (vestiimpf

  1. (transitive) to lead

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “вести”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ (in Russian), volume 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

Verb

вести́ (vestíimpf (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.
    • 1887, Николай Лесков, “Глава восьмая”, in Грабёж; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., A Robbery, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:
      — Веди́, — говори́т дя́дя, — я что́-то вдруг всё забы́л — где мы, и ничего́ рассмотре́ть не могу́.
      — Vedí, — govorít djádja, — ja štó-to vdrug vsjo zabýl — gde my, i ničevó rassmotrétʹ ne mogú.
      Lead me,” says my uncle. “I’ve somehow suddenly forgotten all about where we are, and I can’t make anything out.”
  2. to drive
  3. to keep; see ведение #Noun 2
Usage notes

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

Conjugation
Derived terms
verbs

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

ве́сти (véstif 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. (ambitransitive) to embroider
  2. (ambitransitive) to stitch

Conjugation

Conjugation of вести
infinitive вести
present verbal adverb ве́зӯћи
past verbal adverb
verbal noun ве́зе̄ње
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present везем везеш везе веземо везете везу
future future I вест ћу1
вешћу
вест ћеш1
вешћеш
вест ће1
вешће
вест ћемо1
вешћемо
вест ћете1
вешћете
вест ћē1
вешће
future II бу̏де̄м везао2 бу̏де̄ш везао2 бу̏де̄ везао2 бу̏де̄мо везли2 бу̏де̄те везли2 бу̏дӯ везли2
past perfect везао сам2 везао си2 везао је2 везли смо2 везли сте2 везли су2
pluperfect3 би̏о сам везао2 би̏о си везао2 би̏о је везао2 би́ли смо везли2 би́ли сте везли2 би́ли су везли2
imperfect везијах везијаше везијаше везијасмо везијасте везијаху
conditional conditional I везао бих2 везао би2 везао би2 везли бисмо2 везли бисте2 везли би2
conditional II4 би̏о бих везао2 би̏о би везао2 би̏о би везао2 би́ли бисмо везли2 би́ли бисте везли2 би́ли би везли2
imperative вези везимо везите
active past participle везао m / везла f / везло n везли m / везле f / везла n
passive past participle везен m / везена f / везено n везени m / везене f / везена n

1   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
2   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.
3   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.
4   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.
  *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

References

  • вести”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vesti.

Pronunciation

IPA(key):

Verb

вести́ (vestýimpf (perfective повести́)

  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

Prefixed verbs

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