Old East Slavic edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ʋɛˈzti/, /ˈʋɛzti/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ʋʲɛˈztʲi/, /ˈʋʲɛztʲi/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ʋʲɛˈztʲi/, /ˈʋʲɛztʲi/
  • Hyphenation: ве‧зти

Verb edit

везти (veztiimpf

  1. (transitive) to transport

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Descendants edit

  • Old Ruthenian: везти (vezti)
  • Russian: везти́ (veztí)

References edit

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “везти”, 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 233

Russian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vezti, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Cognate with Latin vehō, Sanskrit वहति (vahati), Old English wegan (English weigh).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

везти́ (veztíimpf (perfective повезти́)

  1. to convey, to carry (by vehicle), to deliver, to transport
    Synonym: транспорти́ровать (transportírovatʹ)
  2. (impersonal) to be lucky, to have luck, to work out for, to succeed, to be successful [+dative]
    Synonym: уда́чливый (udáčlivyj, lucky)
    Па́ше и Са́ше не везёт сего́дняPáše i Sáše ne vezjót sevódnjaPasha and Sasha are having no luck today.
    дурака́м всегда́ везётdurakám vsegdá vezjótfools are always lucky
    Perfective: повезти́ (poveztí)

Usage notes edit

везти́ (veztí) is a concrete verb. Its counterpart, вози́ть (vozítʹ), is an abstract verb.

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(conveying)

(luck)

Ukrainian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *vezti.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

везти́ (veztýimpf (perfective повезти́)

  1. to carry (by vehicle), to transport, to haul

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