вести

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛsti]

Noun

ве́сти • (vésti)

  1. indefinite plural of вест (vest)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛsti]

Noun

вести • (vesti)

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

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *vezti.

Verb

вести • (vesti) ?

  1. to carry (by vehicle)
  2. to convey
Conjugation

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
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

  • (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 (vesti) impf

  1. (transitive) to lead

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: вести (vesti)
  • Russian: вести́ (vestí)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “вести”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 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

  • IPA(key): [vʲɪˈsʲtʲi]
  • (file)
  • Homophone: везти́ (veztí)

Verb

вести́ • (vestí) impf (perfective повести́, verbal noun веде́ние)

  1. to lead, to preside over, to chair
    вести́ заседа́ние ― vestí zasedánije ― to preside over a meeting
    вести́ перегово́ры ― vestí peregovóry ― to negotiate, to conduct negotiations
    вести́ себя́ ― vestí sebjá ― to behave
    пло́хо себя́ вести́ ― plóxo sebjá vestí ― to behave poorly
    вести́ себя́ хорошо́ ― vestí sebjá xorošó ― to acquit oneself well
    вести́ войну́ ― vestí vojnú ― to wage a war, to conduct a war, to be at war, to fight a war
    вести́ запись / учёт / журнал ― vestí zapisʹ / učót / žurnal ― to keep a record / records / a log / a diary, etc.
  2. to drive
Usage notes

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

Conjugation
Derived terms
verbs

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvʲesʲtʲɪ]

Noun

ве́сти • (vésti) f 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. (transitive, intransitive) to embroider
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to stitch

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vesti.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

IPA(key): [ʋeˈstɪ]

Verb

вести́ • (vestý) impf

  1. to lead, to conduct
    вести́ перегово́ри ― vestý perehovóry ― to negotiate, to conduct negotiations
    вести́ перемо́вини ― vestý peremóvyny ― to negotiate, to conduct negotiations
  2. to drive

Usage notes

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

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