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лезть

verbmotion unidirectional (partner ла́зить)aspect imperfective (partner поле́зть)somewhat often used word (top 2,000)
  • to climb, to get into

  • to crawl, to scramble

  • meddle, butt-in

    Не лезь в мои дела

    Don't pry into my business (mind your own business)

  • to fall out (hair or fur), come out

  • to bother, to annoy

    лезть к кому-то

    Заткнись и не лезь ко мне.

    Shut up and don't annoy me.

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.

Directionality and Aspect

идти́/ходи́ть are both imperfective and thus focus on the process. Use the perfective aspect partner instead if you want to describe a completed action (идти́пойти́ and ходи́тьсходи́ть).

When choosing a verb, step 1 is directionality (one trip vs repeated/there and back), then step 2 is aspect (process/result, ongoing/completed).

Examples

Conjugation

PresentFuture
я
ле́зу
бу́ду лезть
ты
ле́зешь
бу́дешь лезть
он/она́/оно́
ле́зет
бу́дет лезть
мы
ле́зем
бу́дем лезть
вы
ле́зете
бу́дете лезть
они́
ле́зут
бу́дут лезть
Imperative
ты
ле́зь
вы
ле́зьте
Past
masculine
ле́з
feminine
ле́зла
neuter
ле́зло
plural
ле́зли

Participles

Active present

ле́зущий

climbing, crawling, getting into

Active past

ле́зший

climbing, crawling, getting into

Passive present

-

Passive past

-

Gerund present

ле́зя

while doing (present)
Gerund past

лезши

while doing (past)

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Contributions

  • cooscoe edited usage info 1 year ago.
  • Dagos edited translation 1 year ago.
  • khayala.hadiyeva edited usage info 1 year ago.
  • Sandy edited translation 3 years ago.