заесть

Russian

Alternative forms

• заѣ́сть (zajě́stʹ) (Pre-reform orthography (1918))

Etymology

за- (za-) +‎ есть (jestʹ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zɐˈjesʲtʲ]

Verb

зае́сть • (zajéstʹ) pf (imperfective заеда́ть)

1. to jam, to stick (e.g. of equipment or zippers) (also impersonal)

   ключ в замке́ зае́ст ― ključ v zamké zajést ― the key is sticking in the lock

2. to eat after a drink of alcohol or medicine

   зае́сть лека́рство са́харом ― zajéstʹ lekárstvo sáxarom ― to take sugar after the medicine

3. to kill by eating to death
4. (figuratively) to torment

Conjugation

Conjugation of зае́сть (class irreg-b perfective transitive)

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

perfective aspect
infinitive	зае́сть zajéstʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	зае́вший zajévšij
passive	—	зае́денный zajédennyj
adverbial	—	зае́в zajév, зае́вши zajévši
	present tense	future tense
1st singular (я)	—	зае́м zajém
2nd singular (ты)	—	зае́шь zajéšʹ
3rd singular (он/она́/оно́)	—	зае́ст zajést
1st plural (мы)	—	заеди́м zajedím
2nd plural (вы)	—	заеди́те zajedíte
3rd plural (они́)	—	заедя́т zajedját
imperative	singular	plural
	зае́шь zajéšʹ	зае́шьте zajéšʹte
past tense	singular	plural (мы/вы/они́)
masculine (я/ты/он)	зае́л zajél	зае́ли zajéli
feminine (я/ты/она́)	зае́ла zajéla
neuter (оно́)	зае́ло zajélo