Bulgarian edit

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ве́сти (vésti)

  1. indefinite plural of вест (vest)

Macedonian edit

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вести (vesti)

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

Old Church Slavonic edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Slavic *vezti.

Verb edit

вести (vesti?

  1. to carry (by vehicle)
  2. to convey
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Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Slavic *vesti, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ-.

Verb edit

вести (vesti) (1st person singular present ведѫ)

  1. to lead
  2. to conduct
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References edit

  • S. C. Gardiner, Old church Slavonic: an elementary grammar, Cambridge University Press, 1984.

Old East Slavic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *vesti. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic вести (vesti) and Old Polish wieść.

Pronunciation edit

  • (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 edit

вести (vestiimpf

  1. (transitive) to lead

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

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

References edit

  • 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]‎[1] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 247

Russian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vesti.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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.
  2. to drive
Usage notes edit

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

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Noun edit

ве́сти (véstif inan or f inan pl

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

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

See ве́зати.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʋêːsti/
  • Hyphenation: вес‧ти

Verb edit

ве̑сти impf (Latin spelling vȇsti)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to embroider
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to stitch

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Ukrainian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *vesti.

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): [ʋeˈstɪ]

Verb edit

вести́ (vestýimpf

  1. to lead, to conduct
    вести́ перегово́риvestý perehovóryto negotiate, to conduct negotiations
    вести́ перемо́виниvestý peremóvynyto negotiate, to conduct negotiations
  2. to drive

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