донести

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

до- (do-) +‎ нести (nesti)

Verb

донести • (donesti) pf

1. to carry
2. to bring (to)
3. to deliver

Conjugation

Present tense of донести

singular						dual						plural
азъ (azŭ)		тꙑ (ty)		тъ (tŭ)		вѣ (vě)		ва (va)		та (ta)		мꙑ (my)		вꙑ (vy)		ти (ti)
донесѫ (donesǫ)		донесеши (doneseši)		донесетъ (donesetŭ)		донесевѣ (donesevě)		донесета (doneseta)		донесете (donesete)		донесемъ (donesemŭ)		донесете (donesete)		донесѫтъ (donesǫtŭ)

Russian

Etymology

до- (do-) +‎ нести́ (nestí)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dənʲɪˈsʲtʲi]

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

донести́ • (donestí) pf (imperfective доноси́ть)

1. to carry (to, as far as), to bring (to), to deliver
2. to report, to announce, to inform
3. to denounce (to), to inform (on, against), to squeal on

Conjugation

Conjugation of донести́ (class 7b/b⑨ perfective transitive)

Note: For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.
¹ Dated.

perfective aspect
infinitive	донести́ donestí
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	донёсший donjósšij
passive	—	донесённый donesjónnyj
adverbial	—	донеся́ donesjá, донёсши1 donjósši1
	present tense	future tense
1st singular (я)	—	донесу́ donesú
2nd singular (ты)	—	донесёшь donesjóšʹ
3rd singular (он/она́/оно́)	—	донесёт donesjót
1st plural (мы)	—	донесём donesjóm
2nd plural (вы)	—	донесёте donesjóte
3rd plural (они́)	—	донесу́т donesút
imperative	singular	plural
2nd (ты/вы)	донеси́ donesí	донеси́те donesíte
past tense	singular	plural (мы/вы/они́)
masculine (я/ты/он)	донёс donjós	донесли́ doneslí
feminine (я/ты/она́)	донесла́ doneslá
neuter (оно́)	донесло́ donesló

Related terms

• нести́ (nestí)
• донести́сь (donestísʹ), доноси́ться (donosítʹsja)
• доно́с (donós)
• доно́счик (donósčik), доно́счица (donósčica)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dǒnesti/
• Hyphenation: до‧не‧сти

Verb

до̀нести pf (Latin spelling dònesti)

1. alternative form of до̀није̄ти and до̀не̄ти

Further reading

• “донести”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Ukrainian

Etymology

From до- (do-) +‎ нести́ (nestý). Compare Russian донести́ (donestí), Belarusian дане́сці (danjésci), Polish donieść.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɔneˈstɪ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

донести́ • (donestý) pf (imperfective доно́сити)

1. (transitive) to carry, to bring (to a place)
2. (transitive, figuratively) to convey (to communicate; to make known)
3. (ambitransitive) to report, to bring news (that: + що)
4. (intransitive) to denounce, to inform, to inform on (to act as an informant, to snitch) [with на (na, + accusative) ‘on somebody’]

Conjugation

Conjugation of донести́ (class 7b, perfective, transitive)

For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.

perfective aspect
infinitive	донести́ donestý
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	—
passive	—	доне́сений donésenyj impersonal: доне́сено donéseno
adverbial	—	доні́сши donísšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular я	—	донесу́ donesú
2nd singular ти	—	донесе́ш doneséš
3rd singular він / вона / воно	—	донесе́ donesé
1st plural ми	—	донесе́м, донесемо́ donesém, donesemó
2nd plural ви	—	донесете́ doneseté
3rd plural вони	—	донесу́ть donesútʹ
imperative	singular	plural
first-person	—	донесі́м, донесі́мо donesím, donesímo
second-person	донеси́ donesý	донесі́ть donesítʹ
past tense	singular	plural ми / ви / вони
masculine я / ти / він	доні́с donís	донесли́ doneslý
feminine я / ти / вона	донесла́ doneslá
neuter воно	донесло́ donesló

Derived terms

• доне́сення n (donésennja)
• донести́ся pf (donestýsja)

References

• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2013), “донести”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (д – жучо́к), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “донести”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1971), “доносити”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (Г – Ж), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 368
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “донести”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “донести”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “донести”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “донести”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)