довести
Russian
Etymology
до- (do-) + вести́ (vestí)Category:Russian terms prefixed with до-#ВЕСТИ
Pronunciation
Verb
довести́ • (dovestí) pf (imperfective доводи́ть)Category:Russian lemmas#ДОВЕСТИCategory:Russian verbs#ДОВЕСТИCategory:Russian entries with incorrect language header#ДОВЕСТИCategory:Russian perfective verbs#ДОВЕСТИCategory:Pages with entries#ДОВЕСТИCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ДОВЕСТИ
- to lead, to take, to accompany (to), to bring (into)
- довести́ до дому́ ― dovestí do domú ― to see/take (someone) homeCategory:Russian terms with usage examples#ДОВЕСТИ
- (cookingCategory:ru:Cooking#ДОВЕСТИ) to scald
- довести́ до кипе́ния ― dovestí do kipénija ― to scaldCategory:Russian terms with usage examples#ДОВЕСТИ
- to drive, to reduce, to bring, to carry
- довести́ до бе́шенства ― dovestí do béšenstva ― to drive up the wall, to drive crazy, to drive nuts, to enrageCategory:Russian terms with collocations#ДОВЕСТИ
- довести́ до изнеможе́ния ― dovestí do iznemožénija ― to tire outCategory:Russian terms with usage examples#ДОВЕСТИ
- довести́ до беды́ ― dovestí do bedý ― to lead to troubleCategory:Russian terms with usage examples#ДОВЕСТИ
- довести́ до нищеты́ ― dovestí do niščetý ― to reduce to povertyCategory:Russian terms with usage examples#ДОВЕСТИ
- довести́ до отча́яния ― dovestí do otčájanija ― to drive to despairCategory:Russian terms with usage examples#ДОВЕСТИ
- довести́ до слёз ― dovestí do sljoz ― to drive to tears, to make cryCategory:Russian terms with usage examples#ДОВЕСТИ
- довести́ до соверше́нства ― dovestí do soveršénstva ― to perfect, to bring to perfectionCategory:Russian terms with usage examples#ДОВЕСТИ
- довести́ до сумасше́ствия ― dovestí do sumasšéstvija ― to drive crazyCategory:Russian terms with usage examples#ДОВЕСТИ
- довести́ до конца́ ― dovestí do koncá ― to carry through, to carry to conclusion, to completeCategory:Russian terms with usage examples#ДОВЕСТИ
- довести́ до кра́йности ― dovestí do krájnosti ― to push too far, to drive over the edge, to take to extremes, to carry to an extremeCategory:Russian terms with usage examples#ДОВЕСТИ
- to inform
- довести́ до созна́ния ― dovestí do soznánija ― to bring home toCategory:Russian terms with usage examples#ДОВЕСТИ
- довести́ до све́дения ― dovestí do svédenija ― to informCategory:Russian terms with usage examples#ДОВЕСТИ
Conjugation
| perfective aspect | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | довести́ dovestí | |
| participles | present tense | past tense |
| active | — | дове́дший dovédšij |
| passive | — | доведённый dovedjónnyj |
| adverbial | — | доведя́ dovedjá, дове́дши1 dovédši1 |
| present tense | future tense | |
| 1st singular (я) | — | доведу́ dovedú |
| 2nd singular (ты) | — | доведёшь dovedjóšʹ |
| 3rd singular (он/она́/оно́) | — | доведёт dovedjót |
| 1st plural (мы) | — | доведём dovedjóm |
| 2nd plural (вы) | — | доведёте dovedjóte |
| 3rd plural (они́) | — | доведу́т dovedút |
| imperative | singular | plural |
| 2nd (ты/вы) | доведи́ dovedí | доведи́те dovedíte |
| past tense | singular | plural (мы/вы/они́) |
| masculine (я/ты/он) | довёл dovjól | довели́ dovelí |
| feminine (я/ты/она́) | довела́ dovelá | |
| neuter (оно́) | довело́ doveló | |
Related terms
- до́ведь (dóvedʹ)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dǒʋesti/Category:Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation#ДОВЕСТИ
- Hyphenation: до‧ве‧сти
Verb
до̀вести pf (Latin spelling dòvesti)Category:Serbo-Croatian lemmas#ДОВЕСТИCategory:Serbo-Croatian verbs#ДОВЕСТИCategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#ДОВЕСТИCategory:Serbo-Croatian perfective verbs#ДОВЕСТИCategory:Pages with entries#ДОВЕСТИCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ДОВЕСТИ
- (transitiveCategory:Serbo-Croatian transitive verbs#ДОВЕСТИ) to transfer something by driving
- (transitiveCategory:Serbo-Croatian transitive verbs#ДОВЕСТИ) to convey, deliver
- Synonym: допре́мити
Conjugation
1 Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
2 For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.
3 Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (“to be”) is routinely dropped.
4 Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (“to be”) is routinely dropped.
*Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.
Related terms
- дово̀зити impf
Further reading
- “довести”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dǒʋesti/Category:Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation#ДОВЕСТИ
- Hyphenation: до‧ве‧сти
Verb
до̀вести pf (Latin spelling dòvesti)Category:Serbo-Croatian lemmas#ДОВЕСТИCategory:Serbo-Croatian verbs#ДОВЕСТИCategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#ДОВЕСТИCategory:Serbo-Croatian perfective verbs#ДОВЕСТИCategory:Pages with entries#ДОВЕСТИCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ДОВЕСТИ
- (transitiveCategory:Serbo-Croatian transitive verbs#ДОВЕСТИ) to bring, lead, take someone somewhere
- (transitiveCategory:Serbo-Croatian transitive verbs#ДОВЕСТИ) to make (someone) part of one’s family, especially to marry (a wife)
Conjugation
1 Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
2 For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.
3 Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (“to be”) is routinely dropped.
4 Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (“to be”) is routinely dropped.
*Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.
Related terms
- дово́дити impf
Further reading
- “довести”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
Ukrainian
Etymology
From до- (do-) + вести́ (vestý)Category:Ukrainian terms prefixed with до-#ВЕСТИ. Compare Russian довести́ (dovestí), Belarusian даве́сці (davjésci), Polish dowieść.
Pronunciation
Verb
довести́ • (dovestý) pf (imperfective дово́дити)Category:Ukrainian lemmas#ДОВЕСТИCategory:Ukrainian verbs#ДОВЕСТИCategory:Ukrainian entries with incorrect language header#ДОВЕСТИCategory:Ukrainian perfective verbs#ДОВЕСТИCategory:Pages with entries#ДОВЕСТИCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ДОВЕСТИ (transitiveCategory:Ukrainian transitive verbs#ДОВЕСТИ)
- to bring, to lead, to accompany (:somebody to a place)
- to prove, to evidence
- Synonym: доказа́ти (dokazáty)
- to bring, to take (to a limit)
- довести́ до доскона́лості ― dovestý do doskonálosti ― to bring to perfectionCategory:Ukrainian terms with collocations#ДОВЕСТИ
- to bring, to drive, to lead (to a state, especially a negative one)
- довести́ до ска́зу ― dovestý do skázu ― to drive up the wall, to drive crazy, to drive nuts, to enrageCategory:Ukrainian terms with collocations#ДОВЕСТИ
- довести́ до сліз ― dovestý do sliz ― to bring to tearsCategory:Ukrainian terms with collocations#ДОВЕСТИ
- довести́ до ві́дчаю ― dovestý do vídčaju ― to drive to despairCategory:Ukrainian terms with collocations#ДОВЕСТИ
- довести́ до кра́йності ― dovestý do krájnosti ― to drive to extremes, to carry to extremesCategory:Ukrainian terms with collocations#ДОВЕСТИ
- довести́ до кра́йнощів ― dovestý do krájnoščiv ― to drive to extremes, to carry to extremesCategory:Ukrainian terms with collocations#ДОВЕСТИ
- to finish (to complete: machine part, device component)
Conjugation
| perfective aspect | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | довести́ dovestý | |
| participles | present tense | past tense |
| active | — | — |
| passive | — | дове́дений dovédenyj impersonal: дове́дено dovédeno |
| adverbial | — | дові́вши dovívšy |
| present tense | future tense | |
| 1st singular я |
— | доведу́ dovedú |
| 2nd singular ти |
— | доведе́ш dovedéš |
| 3rd singular він / вона / воно |
— | доведе́ dovedé |
| 1st plural ми |
— | доведе́м, доведемо́ dovedém, dovedemó |
| 2nd plural ви |
— | доведете́ dovedeté |
| 3rd plural вони |
— | доведу́ть dovedútʹ |
| imperative | singular | plural |
| first-person | — | доведі́м, доведі́мо dovedím, dovedímo |
| second-person | доведи́ dovedý |
доведі́ть dovedítʹ |
| past tense | singular | plural ми / ви / вони |
| masculine я / ти / він |
дові́в dovív |
довели́ dovelý |
| feminine я / ти / вона |
довела́ dovelá | |
| neuter воно |
довело́ doveló | |
Derived terms
- дове́дення n (dovédennja)
- довести́ся pf (dovestýsja)
- до́від m (dóvid)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “довести”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2013), “довести”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (д – жучо́к), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “довести”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “довести”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “довести”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]
- “довести”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “довести”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua, Slovnyk.ua]