Old East Slavic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʋɛˈzti/, /ˈʋɛzti//ʋʲɛˈztʲi/, /ˈʋʲɛztʲi//ʋʲɛˈztʲi/, /ˈʋʲɛztʲi/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ʋɛˈzti/, /ˈʋɛzti/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ʋʲɛˈztʲi/, /ˈʋʲɛztʲi/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ʋʲɛˈztʲi/, /ˈʋʲɛztʲi/

  • Hyphenation: ве‧зти

Verb

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везти (veztiimpf

  1. (transitive) to transport

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Old Ruthenian: везти (vezti)
  • Russian: везти́ (veztí)

References

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  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “везти”, 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 233

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vezti, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Cognate with Latin vehō, Sanskrit वहति (vahati), Old English wegan (English weigh).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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везти́ (veztíimpf (perfective повезти́)

  1. to convey, to carry (by vehicle), to deliver, to transport
    Synonym: транспорти́ровать (transportírovatʹ)
  2. (impersonal) to be lucky, to have luck, to work out for, to succeed, to be successful [with dative ‘for someone’ and infinitive ‘to do something’]
    Synonym: уда́чливый (udáčlivyj, lucky)
    Па́ше и Са́ше не везёт сего́дняPáše i Sáše ne vezjót sevódnjaPasha and Sasha are having no luck today.
    дурака́м всегда́ везётdurakám vsegdá vezjótfools are always lucky
    Perfective: повезти́ (poveztí)

Usage notes

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везти́ (veztí) is a concrete verb. Its counterpart, вози́ть (vozítʹ), is an abstract verb.

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Derived terms

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verbs
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(conveying)

(luck)

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *vezti.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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везти́ (veztýimpf (perfective повезти́)

  1. to carry (by vehicle), to transport, to haul

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Conjugation

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Prefixed verbs

References

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