затеять
/[zɐˈtʲe(j)ɪtʲ]/
Russianverb
Definitions
- 1.colloquialto undertake, to start
зате́ять недо́брое
zatéjatʹ nedóbroje — to misbehave, to be up to no good
зате́ять дра́ку
zatéjatʹ dráku — to start a fight
- 2.colloquialto decide (to do something)
- 3.colloquialto venture
Synonyms & related words
Related words (1)
- зате́я
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tějati. Cognate with Belarusian заце́яць (zacjéjacʹ, “to undertake”) and (with a different prefix) Ukrainian ви́тіяти (výtijaty, “to undertake”). Per Vasmer, the Proto-Slavic etymon is possibly related to Latvian tievêt (“to strive for”), tĩtît (“to be stubborn, to be annoyed”) (1sg. tĩtĩju), tītinât (“to tease, to annoy”), Lithuanian titinoti (“to brag”).
Forms
- зате́ятьcanonical • perfective
- zatéjatʹromanization
- затева́тьimperfective
- зате́ятьinfinitive • perfective
- -active • participle • present
- зате́явшийactive • participle • past
- -participle • passive • present
- зате́янныйparticiple • passive • past
- -adverbial • participle • present
- зате́явadverbial • participle • past
- зате́явшиadverbial • participle • past
- -first-person • present • singular
- зате́юfirst-person • future • singular
- -present • second-person • singular
- зате́ешьfuture • second-person • singular
- -present • singular • third-person
- зате́етfuture • singular • third-person
- -first-person • plural • present
- зате́емfirst-person • future • plural
- -plural • present • second-person
- зате́етеfuture • plural • second-person
- -plural • present • third-person
- зате́ютfuture • plural • third-person
- зате́йimperative • second-person • singular
- зате́йтеimperative • plural • second-person
- зате́ялmasculine • past • singular
- зате́ялиmasculine • past • plural
- зате́ялаfeminine • past • singular
- зате́ялиfeminine • past • plural
- зате́ялоneuter • past • singular
- зате́ялиneuter • past • plural
- затѣ́ятьalternative
Conjugation
Infinitive:зате́ять
| I | - |
| you (sg) | - |
| he/she/it | - |
| we | - |
| you (pl) | - |
| they | - |
I
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you (sg)
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he/she/it
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we
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you (pl)
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they
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Other Forms
present active:-, -
past active:зате́явший, зате́яв, зате́явши
present passive:-
past passive:зате́янный