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лезть

/[lʲesʲtʲ]/
Russianverb

Definitions

  1. 1.
    to climb (up, on to), to scramble
    • лезть на сте́ну

      leztʹ na sténuto climb up the wall

  2. 2.
    to clamber, to crawl, to scramble (through, into, under)
  3. 3.
    to get (into); to thrust the hand (into)
    • лезть в во́ду

      leztʹ v vóduto get into the water

    • лезть в дра́ку

      leztʹ v drákuto get into the fight

  4. 4.
    to thrust oneself (upon); to intrude (upon)
    • Не лезь ко мне!

      Ne lezʹ ko mne!Don't touch me! / Don't intrude on me! (protest to sexual advances)

  5. 5.
    to meddle (in, with)
  6. 6.
    to fit (into)
    • Боти́нки ему́ не ле́зут.

      Botínki jemú ne lézut.He can't get the boots on.

  7. 7.
    to fall out, to come out (of hair or fur)
  8. 8.
    to stick out, to be conspicuous
  9. 9.
    to slip out of position
  10. 10.
    to come on, to do something despite obstacles or objections
  11. 11.
    to try to climb, to try to reach a better position in life
  12. 12.
    to come to pieces (of cloth or leather)
  13. 13.
    used in idioms
    • лезть из ко́жи вон

      leztʹ iz kóži vonto go all out, to bend over backwards (get out of own skin)

    • не лезть за сло́вом в карма́н

      ne leztʹ za slóvom v karmánto have a ready tongue, not to be at a loss for a word, to have a way with words (not to rummage for a word in the pocket)

    • лезть кому́-либо в ду́шу

      leztʹ komú-libo v dúšuto worm oneself into someone's confidence (to get into someone's soul)

Synonyms & related words

Word family
  • взлезть
  • взлеза́ть
  • влезть
  • влеза́ть
  • вы́лезть
  • вы́лезти
  • вылеза́ть
  • доле́зть
  • долеза́ть
  • зале́зть

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic лѣзти (lězti), from Proto-Slavic *lězti (“to crawl, climb”).

Forms

  • leztʹromanization
  • зале́зтьperfective
  • влезтьperfective
  • поле́зтьperfective
  • ле́зтьimperfective • infinitive
  • ле́зущийactive • participle • present
  • ле́зшийactive • participle • past
  • -participle • passive • present
  • -participle • passive • past
  • ле́зяadverbial • participle • present
  • ле́зшиadverbial • participle • past
  • ле́зуfirst-person • present • singular
  • бу́ду ле́зтьfirst-person • future • singular
  • ле́зешьpresent • second-person • singular
  • бу́дешь ле́зтьfuture • second-person • singular
  • ле́зетpresent • singular • third-person
  • бу́дет ле́зтьfuture • singular • third-person
  • ле́земfirst-person • plural • present
  • бу́дем ле́зтьfirst-person • future • plural
  • ле́зетеplural • present • second-person
  • бу́дете ле́зтьfuture • plural • second-person
  • ле́зутplural • present • third-person
  • бу́дут ле́зтьfuture • plural • third-person
  • ле́зьimperative • second-person • singular
  • ле́зьтеimperative • plural • second-person
  • ле́зmasculine • past • singular
  • ле́злиmasculine • past • plural
  • ле́злаfeminine • past • singular
  • ле́злиfeminine • past • plural
  • ле́злоneuter • past • singular
  • ле́злиneuter • past • plural
  • лѣзтьalternative

Conjugation

Infinitive:ле́зть
I
ле́зу
you (sg)
ле́зешь
he/she/it
ле́зет
we
ле́зем
you (pl)
ле́зете
they
ле́зут

Other Forms

present active:ле́зущий, ле́зя
past active:ле́зший, ле́зши
present passive:-
past passive:-

Full conjugation of лезть

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