вести

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Bulgarian[edit]

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Noun[edit]

ве́сти (vésti)

  1. indefinite plural of вест (vest)

Macedonian[edit]

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Noun[edit]

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

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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), volume 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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