лезці

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• ле́зьці (ljézʹci) — Taraškievica orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lězti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlʲesʲt͡sʲi]

Verb

ле́зці • (ljézci) impf (perfective пале́зці or пала́зіць)

1. to climb (up, on to), to scramble
2. to clamber, to crawl, to scramble (through, into, under)
3. to get (into); to thrust the hand (into)
4. to thrust oneself (upon); to intrude (upon)

   ле́зці ў чужу́ю кватэ́ру ― ljézci ŭ čužúju kvatéru ― to intrude into someone else's apartment

5. to meddle (in, with)
6. to fit (into)

Usage notes

• ле́зці (ljézci) and пале́зці (paljézci) are in the class of Belarusian concrete verbs. Their counterparts, ла́зіць (lázicʹ) and пала́зіць (palázicʹ), are abstract verbs.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ле́зці (class 7a, imperfective, intransitive)

For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.

imperfective aspect
infinitive	ле́зці ljézci
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	—
passive	—	—
adverbial	ле́зучы ljézučy	ле́зшы ljézšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular я	ле́зу ljézu	бу́ду ле́зці búdu ljézci
2nd singular ты	ле́зеш ljézješ	бу́дзеш ле́зці búdzješ ljézci
3rd singular ён / яна́ / яно́	ле́зе ljézje	бу́дзе ле́зці búdzje ljézci
1st plural мы	ле́зем ljézjem	бу́дзем ле́зці búdzjem ljézci
2nd plural вы	ле́зеце ljézjecje	бу́дзеце ле́зці búdzjecje ljézci
3rd plural яны́	ле́зуць ljézucʹ	бу́дуць ле́зці búducʹ ljézci
imperative	singular	plural
second-person	лезь ljezʹ	ле́зьце ljézʹcje
past tense	singular	plural мы / вы / яны́
masculine я / ты / ён	лез ljez	ле́злі ljézli
feminine я / ты / яна́	ле́зла ljézla
neuter яно́	ле́зла ljézla

Derived terms

imperfective

• дала́зіць (dalázicʹ)
• перала́зіць (pjeralázicʹ)
• прыла́зіць (prylázicʹ)

perfective

• дале́зці (daljézci)
• перале́зці (pjeraljézci)
• прыле́зці (pryljézci)

References

• “лезці” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org