вести

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛsti]

ве́сти • (vésti)

1. indefinite plural of вест (vest)

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛsti]

вести • (vesti)

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

From Proto-Slavic *vezti.

вести • (vesti) impf or pf

1. to carry (by vehicle)
2. to convey

• возити (voziti), an abstract counterpart of вести
• нести (nesti)

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

вести • (vesti) (1st person singular present ведѫ)

1. to lead
2. to conduct

• водити (voditi), an abstract counterpart of вести

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

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

• Hyphenation: ве‧сти

вести (vesti) impf

1. (transitive) to lead

• Old Ruthenian: вести (vesti)
  • Belarusian: ве́сці (vjésci)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: ве́сти (vésty)
  • Ukrainian: вести́ (vestý)
• Russian: вести́ (vestí)

• 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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vesti.

• IPA^(key): [vʲɪˈsʲtʲi]

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• Homophone: везти́ (veztí)

вести́ • (vestí) impf (perfective повести́, verbal noun веде́ние)

1. to lead, to preside over, to chair

   вести́ заседа́ние ― vestí zasedánije ― to preside over a meeting

   вести́ перегово́ры ― vestí peregovóry ― to negotiate, to conduct negotiations

   вести́ себя́ ― vestí sebjá ― to behave

   пло́хо себя́ вести́ ― plóxo sebjá vestí ― to behave poorly

   вести́ себя́ хорошо́ ― vestí sebjá xorošó ― to acquit oneself well

   вести́ войну́ ― vestí vojnú ― to wage a war, to conduct a war, to be at war, to fight a war

   вести́ запись / учёт / журнал ― vestí zapisʹ / učót / žurnal ― to 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

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈvʲesʲtʲɪ]

ве́сти • (vésti) f inan or f inan pl

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

See ве́зати.

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

ве̑сти impf (Latin spelling vȇsti)

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

• ѝзве̄сти

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

From Proto-Slavic *vesti.

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IPA^(key): [ʋeˈstɪ]

вести́ • (vestý) impf (perfective повести́)

1. to lead, to conduct

   вести́ перегово́ри ― vestý perehovóry ― to negotiate, to conduct negotiations

   вести́ перемо́вини ― vestý peremóvyny ― to negotiate, to conduct negotiations

2. to drive

• Вести́ is a concrete verb. Its counterpart, води́ти (vodýty), is an abstract verb.

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “вести”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “вести”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “вести”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “вести”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)