вести

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛsti]

Noun

ве́сти • (vésti)

  1. indefinite plural of вест (vest)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛsti]

Noun

вести • (vesti)

  1. indefinite plural of вест (vest)
  2. news

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *vezti.

Verb

вести • (vestiimpf or pf

  1. to carry (by vehicle)
  2. to convey
Conjugation
Conjugation of вести (class IA1, transitive)
infinitive supine verbal noun
вести
vesti
вестъ
vestŭ
везеньѥ
vezenĭje
participles1 present past
active везꙑ
vezy
везъ
vezŭ
passive везомъ
vezomŭ
везенъ
vezenŭ
l-participle masculine neuter feminine
singular везлъ
vezlŭ
везло
vezlo
везла
vezla
dual везла
vezla
везлѣ
vezlě
везлѣ
vezlě
plural везли
vezli
везла
vezla
везлꙑ
vezly
present imperfect imperative
singular 1st везѫ
vezǫ
везѣахъ
vezěaxŭ
2nd везеши
vezeši
везѣаше
vezěaše
вези
vezi
3rd везетъ
vezetŭ
везѣаше
vezěaše
вези
vezi
dual 1st везевѣ
vezevě
везѣаховѣ
vezěaxově
везѣве
vezěve
2nd везета
vezeta
везѣашета
vezěašeta
везѣта
vezěta
3rd везете, везета
vezete, vezeta
везѣашете, везѣашета
vezěašete, vezěašeta
plural 1st веземъ
vezemŭ
везѣахомъ
vezěaxomŭ
везѣмъ
vezěmŭ
2nd везете
vezete
везѣашете
vezěašete
везѣте
vezěte
3rd везѫтъ
vezǫtŭ
везѣахѫ
vezěaxǫ
ox-aorist5
singular 1st везохъ
vezoxŭ
2nd везе
veze
3rd везе
veze
dual 1st везоховѣ
vezoxově
2nd везоста
vezosta
3rd везосте, везоста
vezoste, vezosta
plural 1st везохомъ
vezoxomŭ
2nd везосте
vezoste
3rd везошѧ
vezošę
compound tenses
perfect2 Use the l-participle of вести and the present tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти
e.g. first-person masculine singular → везлъ ѥсмь
pluperfect2 Use the l-participle of вести and the imperfective aorist or imperfect tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти
e.g. first-person masculine singular → везлъ бѣхъ or везлъ бѣахъ
future Use the infinitive of вести and the present tense of the auxiliary verb имѣти, хотѣти, начѧти or въчѧти
e.g. first-person singular → имамь вести, хощѫ вести, начьнѫ вести or въчьнѫ вести
future perfect2, 3 Use the l-participle of вести and the future tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти
e.g. first-person masculine singular → везлъ бѫдѫ
conditional2 Use the l-participle of вести and the conditional mood4 or perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти
e.g. first-person masculine singular → везлъ бимь or везлъ бꙑхъ

1 For declension of participles, see their entries.
2 Except first/second-person neuter.
3 Attested only in a few instances.
4 The dual forms are unattested.
5 Also called a new aorist.
This table shows the normalized inflected forms of вести. Some forms may be based on conjecture. See also Old Church Slavonic grammar § Verbs on WikipediaWikipedia .

Further reading

  • вести2”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2025
  • вестиII”, in Исторически речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky", 2011–2022

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *vesti, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ-.

Verb

вести • (vestiimpf or pf (1st person singular present ведѫ)

  1. to lead
  2. to conduct
Conjugation
Conjugation of вести (class IA1, transitive)
infinitive supine verbal noun
вести
vesti
вестъ
vestŭ
веденьѥ
vedenĭje
participles1 present past
active ведꙑ
vedy
ведъ
vedŭ
passive ведомъ
vedomŭ
веденъ
vedenŭ
l-participle masculine neuter feminine
singular велъ
velŭ
вело
velo
вела
vela
dual вела
vela
велѣ
velě
велѣ
velě
plural вели
veli
вела
vela
велꙑ
vely
present imperfect imperative
singular 1st ведѫ
vedǫ
ведѣахъ
veděaxŭ
2nd ведеши
vedeši
ведѣаше
veděaše
веди
vedi
3rd ведетъ
vedetŭ
ведѣаше
veděaše
веди
vedi
dual 1st ведевѣ
vedevě
ведѣаховѣ
veděaxově
ведѣве
veděve
2nd ведета
vedeta
ведѣашета
veděašeta
ведѣта
veděta
3rd ведете, ведета
vedete, vedeta
ведѣашете, ведѣашета
veděašete, veděašeta
plural 1st ведемъ
vedemŭ
ведѣахомъ
veděaxomŭ
ведѣмъ
veděmŭ
2nd ведете
vedete
ведѣашете
veděašete
ведѣте
veděte
3rd ведѫтъ
vedǫtŭ
ведѣахѫ
veděaxǫ
ox-aorist5 s-aorist6
singular 1st ведохъ
vedoxŭ
вѣсъ
věsŭ
2nd веде
vede
веде
vede
3rd веде
vede
веде
vede
dual 1st ведоховѣ
vedoxově
вѣсовѣ
věsově
2nd ведоста
vedosta
вѣста
věsta
3rd ведосте, ведоста
vedoste, vedosta
вѣсте, вѣста
věste, věsta
plural 1st ведохомъ
vedoxomŭ
вѣсомъ
věsomŭ
2nd ведосте
vedoste
вѣсте
věste
3rd ведошѧ
vedošę
вѣсѧ
věsę
compound tenses
perfect2 Use the l-participle of вести and the present tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти
e.g. first-person masculine singular → велъ ѥсмь
pluperfect2 Use the l-participle of вести and the imperfective aorist or imperfect tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти
e.g. first-person masculine singular → велъ бѣхъ or велъ бѣахъ
future Use the infinitive of вести and the present tense of the auxiliary verb имѣти, хотѣти, начѧти or въчѧти
e.g. first-person singular → имамь вести, хощѫ вести, начьнѫ вести or въчьнѫ вести
future perfect2, 3 Use the l-participle of вести and the future tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти
e.g. first-person masculine singular → велъ бѫдѫ
conditional2 Use the l-participle of вести and the conditional mood4 or perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти
e.g. first-person masculine singular → велъ бимь or велъ бꙑхъ

1 For declension of participles, see their entries.
2 Except first/second-person neuter.
3 Attested only in a few instances.
4 The dual forms are unattested.
5 Also called a new aorist.
6 Also called a sigmatic aorist.
This table shows the normalized inflected forms of вести. Some forms may be based on conjecture. See also Old Church Slavonic grammar § Verbs on WikipediaWikipedia .

Derived terms

Further reading

  • вести1”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2025
  • вестиI”, in Исторически речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky", 2011–2022

References

  • S. C. Gardiner, Old church Slavonic: an elementary grammar, Cambridge University Press, 1984.

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vesti. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic вести (vesti) and Old Polish wieść.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋɛˈsti/, /ˈʋɛsti//ʋʲɛˈstʲi/, /ˈʋʲɛstʲi//ʋʲɛˈstʲi/, /ˈʋʲɛstʲi/
  • (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

вести (vestiimpf

  1. (transitive) to lead

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: вести (vesti)
  • Russian: вести́ (vestí)

References

  • 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

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vesti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vʲɪˈsʲtʲi]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Homophone: везти́ (veztí)

Verb

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.
    • 1887, Николай Лесков, “Глава восьмая”, in Грабёж; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., A Robbery, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:
      — Веди́, — говори́т дя́дя, — я что́-то вдруг всё забы́л — где мы, и ничего́ рассмотре́ть не могу́.
      — Vedí, — govorít djádja, — ja štó-to vdrug vsjo zabýl — gde my, i ničevó rassmotrétʹ ne mogú.
      Lead me,” says my uncle. “I’ve somehow suddenly forgotten all about where we are, and I can’t make anything out.”
  2. to drive
  3. to keep; see ведение #Noun 2
Usage notes

вести́ (vestí) is a concrete verb. Its counterpart, води́ть (vodítʹ), is an abstract verb.

Conjugation
Derived terms
verbs

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvʲesʲtʲɪ]

Noun

ве́сти • (véstif inan or f inan pl

  1. inflection of весть (vestʹ):
    1. genitive/dative/prepositional singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

See ве́зати.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋêːsti/
  • Hyphenation: вес‧ти

Verb

ве̑сти impf (Latin spelling vȇsti)

  1. (ambitransitive) to embroider
  2. (ambitransitive) to stitch

Conjugation

Conjugation of вести
infinitive вести
present verbal adverb ве́зӯћи
past verbal adverb
verbal noun ве́зе̄ње
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present везем везеш везе веземо везете везу
future future I вест ћу1
вешћу
вест ћеш1
вешћеш
вест ће1
вешће
вест ћемо1
вешћемо
вест ћете1
вешћете
вест ће̄1
вешће
future II бу̏де̄м везао2 бу̏де̄ш везао2 бу̏де̄ везао2 бу̏де̄мо везли2 бу̏де̄те везли2 бу̏дӯ везли2
past perfect везао сам2 везао си2 везао је2 везли смо2 везли сте2 везли су2
pluperfect3 би̏о сам везао2 би̏о си везао2 би̏о је везао2 би́ли смо везли2 би́ли сте везли2 би́ли су везли2
imperfect везијах везијаше везијаше везијасмо везијасте везијаху
conditional conditional I везао бих2 везао би2 везао би2 везли бисмо2 везли бисте2 везли би2
conditional II4 би̏о бих везао2 би̏о би везао2 би̏о би везао2 би́ли бисмо везли2 би́ли бисте везли2 би́ли би везли2
imperative вези везимо везите
active past participle везао m / везла f / везло n везли m / везле f / везла n
passive past participle везен m / везена f / везено n везени m / везене f / везена n

1   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
2   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.
3   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.
4   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.
  *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

References

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

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vesti.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

IPA(key): [ʋeˈstɪ]

Verb

вести́ • (vestýimpf (perfective повести́)

  1. to lead, to conduct
    вести́ перегово́риvestý perehovóryto negotiate, to conduct negotiations
    вести́ перемо́виниvestý peremóvynyto negotiate, to conduct negotiations
  2. to drive

Usage notes

Conjugation

Derived terms

Prefixed verbs

Further reading