нести

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Macedonian

Pronunciation

Noun

нести (nesti) (dialectal)

  1. inflection of неста f (nesta):
    1. indefinite plural
    2. vocative plural

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nesti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *neśtei.

Verb

нести (nestiimpf

  1. to carry (on foot)

Conjugation

present imperfective future imperative sigmatic aorist new aorist
1st person sg несѫ (nesǫ) несѣахъ (nesěaxŭ) бѫдѫ нести (bǫdǫ nesti) нѣсъ (něsŭ) несохъ (nesoxŭ)
2nd person sg несеши (neseši) несѣаше (nesěaše) бѫдеши нести (bǫdeši nesti) неси (nesi) несе (nese) несе (nese)
3rd person sg несетъ (nesetŭ) несѣаше (nesěaše) бѫдетъ нести (bǫdetŭ nesti) неси (nesi) несе (nese) несе (nese)
1st person dual несевѣ (nesevě) несѣаховѣ (nesěaxově) бѫдевѣ нести (bǫdevě nesti) несѣвѣ (nesěvě) нѣсовѣ (něsově) несоховѣ (nesoxově)
2nd person dual несета (neseta) несѣашета (nesěašeta) бѫдета нести (bǫdeta nesti) несѣта (nesěta) нѣста (něsta) несоста (nesosta)
3rd person dual несете (nesete) несѣашете (nesěašete) бѫдете нести (bǫdete nesti) нѣсте (něste) несосте (nesoste)
1st person pl несемъ (nesemŭ) несѣахомъ (nesěaxomŭ) бѫдемъ нести (bǫdemŭ nesti) несѣмъ (nesěmŭ) нѣсомъ (něsomŭ) несохомъ (nesoxomŭ)
2nd person pl несете (nesete) несѣашете (nesěašete) бѫдете нести (bǫdete nesti) несѣте (nesěte) нѣсте (něste) несосте (nesoste)
3rd person pl несѫтъ (nesǫtŭ) несѣахѫ (nesěaxǫ) бѫдѫтъ нести (bǫdǫtŭ nesti) нѣсѧ (něsę) несошѧ (nesošę)

participles

masculine sg neuter sg feminine sg
present active participle несꙑ (nesy) несꙑ (nesy) несѫщи (nesǫšti)
present passive participle несомъ (nesomŭ) несомо (nesomo) несома (nesoma)
resultative participle неслъ (neslŭ) несло (neslo) несла (nesla)
past active participle несъ (nesŭ) несъ (nesŭ) несъши (nesŭši)
past passive participle несенъ (nesenŭ)
supine нестъ (nestŭ)
substantive несеньѥ (nesenĭje)

Derived terms

See also

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nesti. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic нести (nesti) and Old Polish nieść.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɛˈsti/, /ˈnɛsti//nʲɛˈstʲi/, /ˈnʲɛstʲi//nʲɛˈstʲi/, /ˈnʲɛstʲi/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /nɛˈsti/, /ˈnɛsti/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /nʲɛˈstʲi/, /ˈnʲɛstʲi/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /nʲɛˈstʲi/, /ˈnʲɛstʲi/

  • Hyphenation: не‧сти

Verb

нести (nestiimpf

  1. (transitive) to carry
  2. (transitive) to endure

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “нести”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 426

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nestì.

Pronunciation

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Verb

нести́ (nestíimpf (perfective понести́)

  1. to bear, to bring, to carry
    нести́ тяжёлые су́мкиnestí tjažólyje súmkito carry heavy bags
  2. to carry, to bear, to support
    Они́ должны́ нести́ отве́тственность за оши́бки.
    Oní dolžný nestí otvétstvennostʹ za ošíbki.
    They need to bear responsibility for the mistakes.
  3. to lay (eggs)
    Perfective: снести́ (snestí)
  4. (colloquial, derogatory) to talk (about), to babble on (about)
    что (за вздор) он несёт!što (za vzdor) on nesjót!what (utter) nonsense he is talking!
    не понима́ю, что она́ там несётne ponimáju, što oná tam nesjótI have no idea what she is babbling on about
  5. (colloquial) to be carried away, to go over the limits

Usage notes

Нести and понести are concrete verbs. Their counterpart, носить, is an abstract verb.

Conjugation

Derived terms

verbs

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nesti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nêsti/
  • Hyphenation: не‧сти

Verb

не̏сти impf (Latin spelling nȅsti)

  1. (transitive) to lay eggs
    Synonyms: сније̑ти, сне̑ти

Conjugation

Conjugation of нести
infinitive нести
present verbal adverb нѐсӯћи
past verbal adverb
verbal noun нѐсе̄ње
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present несем несеш несе несемо несете несу
future future I нест ћу1
нешћу
нест ћеш1
нешћеш
нест ће1
нешће
нест ћемо1
нешћемо
нест ћете1
нешћете
нест ћē1
нешће
future II бу̏де̄м несао2 бу̏де̄ш несао2 бу̏де̄ несао2 бу̏де̄мо несли2 бу̏де̄те несли2 бу̏дӯ несли2
past perfect несао сам2 несао си2 несао је2 несли смо2 несли сте2 несли су2
pluperfect3 би̏о сам несао2 би̏о си несао2 би̏о је несао2 би́ли смо несли2 би́ли сте несли2 би́ли су несли2
imperfect несијах несијаше несијаше несијасмо несијасте несијаху
conditional conditional I несао бих2 несао би2 несао би2 несли бисмо2 несли бисте2 несли би2
conditional II4 би̏о бих несао2 би̏о би несао2 би̏о би несао2 би́ли бисмо несли2 би́ли бисте несли2 би́ли би несли2
imperative неси несимо несите
active past participle несао m / несла f / несло n несли m / несле f / несла n
passive past participle несен m / несена f / несено n несени m / несене f / несена 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

Further reading

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

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nesti.

Pronunciation

Verb

нести́ (nestýimpf (perfective понести́)

  1. to carry (on foot)

Usage notes

Conjugation

Derived terms

Prefixed verbs

References