лезть
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- лѣзть (lěztʹ) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old East Slavic лѣзти (lězti), from Proto-Slavic *lězti (“to crawl, climb”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]лезть • (leztʹ) impf (perfective зале́зть or влезть or поле́зть)
- to climb (up, on to), to scramble
- to clamber, to crawl, to scramble (through, into, under)
- to get (into); to thrust the hand (into)
- to thrust oneself (upon); to intrude (upon)
- to meddle (in, with)
- to fit (into)
- to fall out, to come out (of hair or fur)
- to stick out, to be conspicuous
- to slip out of position
- to come on, to do something despite obstacles or objections
- to try to climb, to try to reach a better position in life
- to come to pieces (of cloth or leather)
- used in idioms:
- лезть из ко́жи вон ― leztʹ iz kóži von ― to go all out, to bend over backwards (get out of own skin)
- не лезть за сло́вом в карма́н ― ne leztʹ za slóvom v karmán ― to have a ready tongue, not to be at a loss for a word, to have a way with words (not to rummage for a word in the pocket)
- лезть кому́-либо в ду́шу ― leztʹ komú-libo v dúšu ― to worm oneself into someone's confidence (to get into someone's soul)
- лезть не в своё де́ло ― leztʹ ne v svojó délo ― to poke one's nose into other people's affairs; to pry
- хоть в пе́тлю лезть ― xotʹ v pétlju leztʹ ― I am at my wit's end (ready to get a noose to hang myself)
Usage notes
[edit]- This is a concrete verb. Its abstract counterpart is ла́зить (lázitʹ).
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of ле́зть (class 7a imperfective intransitive)
imperfective aspect | ||
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infinitive | ле́зть léztʹ | |
participles | present tense | past tense |
active | ле́зущий lézuščij |
ле́зший lézšij |
passive | — | — |
adverbial | ле́зя lézja |
ле́зши lézši |
present tense | future tense | |
1st singular (я) | ле́зу lézu |
бу́ду ле́зть búdu léztʹ |
2nd singular (ты) | ле́зешь lézešʹ |
бу́дешь ле́зть búdešʹ léztʹ |
3rd singular (он/она́/оно́) | ле́зет lézet |
бу́дет ле́зть búdet léztʹ |
1st plural (мы) | ле́зем lézem |
бу́дем ле́зть búdem léztʹ |
2nd plural (вы) | ле́зете lézete |
бу́дете ле́зть búdete léztʹ |
3rd plural (они́) | ле́зут lézut |
бу́дут ле́зть búdut léztʹ |
imperative | singular | plural |
ле́зь lézʹ |
ле́зьте lézʹte | |
past tense | singular | plural (мы/вы/они́) |
masculine (я/ты/он) | ле́з léz |
ле́зли lézli |
feminine (я/ты/она́) | ле́зла lézla | |
neuter (оно́) | ле́зло lézlo |
Derived terms
[edit]verbs
- взлезть pf (vzleztʹ), взлеза́ть impf (vzlezátʹ)
- влезть pf (vleztʹ), влеза́ть impf (vlezátʹ)
- вы́лезть pf (výleztʹ), вы́лезти pf (výlezti), вылеза́ть impf (vylezátʹ)
- доле́зть pf (doléztʹ), долеза́ть impf (dolezátʹ)
- зале́зть pf (zaléztʹ), залеза́ть impf (zalezátʹ)
- нале́зть pf (naléztʹ), налеза́ть impf (nalezátʹ)
- обле́зть pf (obléztʹ), облеза́ть impf (oblezátʹ)
- отле́зть pf (otléztʹ), отлеза́ть impf (otlezátʹ)
- переле́зть pf (pereléztʹ), перелеза́ть impf (perelezátʹ)
- повылеза́ть impf (povylezátʹ)
- подле́зть pf (podléztʹ), подлеза́ть impf (podlezátʹ)
- поле́зть pf (poléztʹ)
- понале́зть pf (ponaléztʹ)
- приле́зть pf (priléztʹ), прилеза́ть impf (prilezátʹ)
- проле́зть pf (proléztʹ), пролеза́ть impf (prolezátʹ)
- разле́зться pf (razléztʹsja), разлеза́ться impf (razlezátʹsja)
- слезть pf (sleztʹ), слеза́ть impf (slezátʹ)
- уле́зть pf (uléztʹ), улеза́ть impf (ulezátʹ)
References
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лезу”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “лезть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 474
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