звести

Ukrainian

Etymology

From з- (z-) +‎ вести́ (vestý). Compare Russian свести́ (svestí), Belarusian зве́сці (zvjésci), Polish zwieść.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zʋeˈstɪ]

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Verb

звести́ • (zvestý) pf (imperfective зво́дити) (transitive)

1. to lead, to take (from somewhere)

   не звести́ оче́й / по́гляду з (+ genitive) ― ne zvestý očéj / póhljadu z ― not to take one's eyes from (someone/something)

   звести́ з ро́зуму / ума́ ― zvestý z rózumu / umá ― to drive crazy (literally, “to lead from reason”)

   звести́ зі сві́ту ― zvestý zi svítu ― to lead to the death of (literally, “to lead/take from the world”)

   звести́ в моги́лу ― zvestý v mohýlu ― to lead/send (someone) to one's grave

2. to bring [with на (na, + accusative) ‘to a topic, theme, etc.’]

   звести́ розмо́ву на (+ accusative) ― zvestý rozmóvu na ― to bring/shift the conversation to (a topic)

3. to raise

   звести́ куро́к ― zvestý kurók ― to cock (literally, “to raise the cocking piece/handle (of a firearm)”)

4. to build, to erect
5. to bring together (to gather, to move closer to each other)

   звести́ доку́пи ― zvestý dokúpy ― to bring together

   звести́ плечи́ма ― zvestý plečýma ― to shrug one's shoulders

   звести́ кінці́ з кінця́ми ― zvestý kincí z kincjámy ― to make ends meet (literally, “to bring together ends with ends”)

   звести́ дух ― zvestý dux ― to catch one's breath, to gather breath

6. to reconcile, to settle (to make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance)

   звести́ раху́нки з (+ instrumental) ― zvestý raxúnky z ― to settle a score with, to square accounts with (someone)

7. (colloquial) to bring together (to cause people to do something together; to bring about togetherness)
8. to blame, to lay [with на (na, + accusative) ‘on someone’] (to impute)

   звести́ на́клеп на (+ accusative) ― zvestý náklep na ― to calumniate, to cast aspersions on, to libel, to malign, to slander, to traduce

9. to lead astray

   звести́ на манівці́ (idiomatic) ― zvestý na manivcí ― to lead astray; to lead up the garden path (literally, “to lead onto a detour”)

10. to seduce
11. to reduce (to bring to an inferior state or condition)

    звести́ наніве́ць ― zvestý nanivécʹ ― to reduce/bring to nothing, to bring to nought, to nullify

12. to cramp (to affect with cramps or spasms)

    Near-synonym: посудо́мити pf (posudómyty)

13. to bring down, to boil down, to reduce [with до (do, + genitive) or на (na, + accusative) ‘to’] (to diminish or simplify)

    звести́ до мі́німуму ― zvestý do mínimumu ― to reduce to a minimum, to minimize

    звести́ до спі́льного знаме́нника ― zvestý do spílʹnoho znaménnyka ― to reduce to a common denominator

Conjugation

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

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

perfective aspect
infinitive	звести́ zvestý
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	—
passive	—	зве́дений zvédenyj impersonal: зве́дено zvédeno
adverbial	—	зві́вши zvívšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular я	—	зведу́ zvedú
2nd singular ти	—	зведе́ш zvedéš
3rd singular він / вона / воно	—	зведе́ zvedé
1st plural ми	—	зведе́м, зведемо́ zvedém, zvedemó
2nd plural ви	—	зведете́ zvedeté
3rd plural вони	—	зведу́ть zvedútʹ
imperative	singular	plural
first-person	—	зведі́м, зведі́мо zvedím, zvedímo
second-person	зведи́ zvedý	зведі́ть zvedítʹ
past tense	singular	plural ми / ви / вони
masculine я / ти / він	звів zviv	звели́ zvelý
feminine я / ти / вона	звела́ zvelá
neuter воно	звело́ zveló

Derived terms

• зве́дення n (zvédennja)
• звести́ся pf (zvestýsja)
• звід m (zvid)

 

Multiword terms

• звести́ з ро́зуму pf (zvestý z rózumu)
• звести́ з ума́ pf (zvestý z umá)
• звести́ раху́нки з життя́м pf (zvestý raxúnky z žyttjám)

 

Prefixed verbs

• призвести́ pf (pryzvestý)

 

References

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2014), “звести”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (з – зв'я́нути), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN, page 778
• “звести”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1972), “звести”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (З), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 469
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “звести”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “звести”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “звести”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “звести”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)