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плести

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Old Church Slavonic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *plesti.

Verb

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плести (plestiimpf

  1. to plait

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Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *plestì; see there for cognates.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [plʲɪˈsʲtʲi]
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Verb

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плести́ (plestíimpf (perfective сплести́ or заплести́)

  1. to braid, to plait
  2. (figuratively, derogatory) to weave, to spin
    плести́ интри́гиplestí intrígito spin intrigues
  3. (colloquial, derogatory) to chatter, to tell nonsense, to lie
    • 1935, Леонид Леонов [Leonid Leonov], “Крушение”, in Дорога на Океан; English translation from Road to the Ocean, (Please provide a date or year):
      — Каку́ю вы чепуху́ плетёте!.. — вскользь заме́тил Кури́лов.
      — Kakúju vy čepuxú pletjóte!.. — vskolʹzʹ zamétil Kurílov.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *plesti.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /plêsti/
  • Hyphenation: пле‧сти

Verb

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пле̏сти impf (Latin spelling plȅsti)

  1. (ambitransitive) to plait
  2. (ambitransitive) to knit
  3. (ambitransitive) to braid
  4. (ambitransitive) to weave
  5. (ambitransitive) to entwine

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *plestì.

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Verb

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плести́ (plestýimpf

  1. to braid, to plait

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