lézt

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lězti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛːst]

Verb

lézt impf

1. to crawl
2. to climb

Usage notes

• Lézt is in the class of Czech concrete verbs. Its counterpart, lozit, is an abstract verb.

Conjugation

Conjugation of lézt

infinitive lézt, lézti active adjective lezoucí verbal noun — passive adjective — present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person lezu lezeme — lezme 2nd person lezeš lezete lez lezte 3rd person leze lezou — — future forms singular plural 1st person polezu polezeme 2nd person polezeš polezete 3rd person poleze polezou participles past participles passive participles singular plural singular plural masculine animate lezl lezli lezen lezeni masculine inanimate lezly lezeny feminine lezla lezena neuter lezlo lezla lezeno lezena transgressives present past masculine singular leza — feminine + neuter singular lezouc — plural lezouce —

Derived terms

(verbs):

• dolézt pf
• nalézt pf
• odlézt pf
• podlézt pf
• povylézt pf
• prolézt pf
• přelézt pf
• slézt pf
• vlézt pf
• vylézt pf
• vynalézt pf
• zalézt pf
• zlézt pf

Further reading

• “lézti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “lézti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “lézt”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Old Norse

Verb

lézt

1. second-person singular past active indicative of láta