lézt

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech lézti, from Proto-Slavic *lězti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈlɛːst]

Verb

lézt impf

to crawl
to climb

Usage notes

Lézt is in the class of Czech concrete verbs. Its counterpart, lozit, is an abstract verb.

Conjugation

Conjugation of lézt

infinitive	lézt, lézti	active adjective	lezoucí
verbal noun	—	passive adjective	—

present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	lezu	lezeme	—	lezme
2nd person	lezeš	lezete	lez	lezte
3rd person	leze	lezou	—	—

future forms	singular	plural
1st person	polezu	polezeme
2nd person	polezeš	polezete
3rd person	poleze	polezou

participles	past participles		passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	lezl	lezli	lezen	lezeni
masculine inanimate	lezl	lezly	lezen	lezeny
feminine	lezla	lezly	lezena	lezeny
neuter	lezlo	lezla	lezeno	lezena

transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	leza	—
feminine + neuter singular	lezouc	—
plural	lezouce	—

Derived terms

verbs

Further reading

“lézti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
“lézti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
“lézt”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Old Norse

Verb

lézt

second-person singular past active indicative of láta