мести

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See also: mesti, mestî, and mēšti

Macedonian

Pronunciation

Verb

мести (mesti) third-singular presentimpf (perfective намести)

  1. (transitive) to place, position, arrange
  2. (transitive) to rig, interfere with the results of (e.g. a lottery)
  3. (transitive) to set up (someone with someone else, e.g. for a date)
  4. (transitive) to set up, frame, incriminate

Conjugation

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mesti.

Verb

мести (mestiimpf

  1. to throw
  2. to sweep

Conjugation

References

  • Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка, София

Russian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mestì.

Pronunciation

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Verb

мести́ (mestíimpf (perfective подмести́ or замести́)

  1. to sweep
  2. to scatter
  3. to swirl
  4. (impersonal) to snow strongly, to blizzard
    Метёт.Metjót.There's a snowstorm.
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Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

ме́сти (méstif inan or f inan pl

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mesti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mêsti/
  • Hyphenation: ме‧сти

Verb

ме̏сти impf (Latin spelling mȅsti)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to sweep

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Derived terms

Further reading

  • мести”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mestì.

Pronunciation

Verb

мести́ (mestýimpf (perfective підмести́ or замести́)

  1. (transitive) to sweep
  2. (transitive) to scatter
  3. (transitive) to swirl
  4. (impersonal) to snow strongly, to blizzard

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References