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ла́зить

uncommon #8683
verbmultidirectional motion (partner лезть)imperfective
  • 1.

    to climb, to clamber, to scale, to swarm up

    Дети лю́бят ла́зить по дере́вьям.

    Children love climbing trees.

    Multidirectional verb: repeated or habitual climbing in various directions; compare unidirectional «лезть».

  • 2.

    to get into, to sneak into, to break into, to intrude

    Мальчи́шки ла́зят в чужие сады́.

    The boys sneak into other people's gardens.

    Often of children or thieves entering someone else's property.

  • 3.

    to grope, to paw, to let one's hands wander

    Не смей ла́зить рука́ми!

    Don't you dare let your hands wander!

    Colloquial, with «руками»; of unwanted touching.

Motion info

лезть/ла́зить is a verb of motion pair:

 · лезть is unidirectional → go right now or in a specific single trip.

 · ла́зить is multidirectional → habitual movement, repeated trips, or there-and-back movement.

лезть/ла́зить are both imperfective and thus focus on the process. Use the perfective aspect partner instead if you want to describe a completed action.

Examples

Conjugation

PresentFuture
я
ла́жу
бу́ду ла́зить
ты
ла́зишь
бу́дешь ла́зить
он/она́/оно́
ла́зит
бу́дет ла́зить
мы
ла́зим
бу́дем ла́зить
вы
ла́зите
бу́дете ла́зить
они́
ла́зят
бу́дут ла́зить
Imperative
ты
ла́зь
вы
ла́зьте
Past
masculine
ла́зил
feminine
ла́зила
neuter
ла́зило
plural
ла́зили

Participles

Active present

ла́зящий

climbing, clambering

Active past

ла́зивший

who climbed, who clambered, who scrambled, who rummaged

Passive present

-

Passive past

-

Gerund present

ла́зя

while doing (present)
Gerund past

лазив

лазивши

while doing (past)

Prefix groupPRO

VerbPrefixMeaning
ла́зить-to climb; to get into; to grope
зала́зитьза-to climb into
обла́зитьоб-to climb round
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Contributions

  • Iron edited translation 6 days ago.
  • klaka890 edited verb basics 5 months ago.
  • anonymous edited verb basics 6 years ago.
  • anonymous edited verb basics 6 years ago.