# звести
## Ukrainian
### Etymology

From з- (z-) +‎ вести́ (vestý). Compare Russian свести́ (svestí), Belarusian зве́сці (zvjésci), Polish zwieść.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [zʋeˈstɪ]
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

звести́ • (zvestý) pf (imperfective зво́дити) (transitive)
* to lead, to take (from somewhere)
    не звести́ оче́й / по́гляду з (+ genitive) ― ne zvestý očéj / póhljadu z ― not to take one's eyes from (someone/something)
    звести́ з ро́зуму / ума́ ― zvestý z rózumu / umá ― to drive crazy (literally, “to lead from reason”)
    звести́ зі сві́ту ― zvestý zi svítu ― to lead to the death of (literally, “to lead/take from the world”)
    звести́ в моги́лу ― zvestý v mohýlu ― to lead/send (someone) to one's grave
* to bring [with на (na, + accusative) ‘to a topic, theme, etc.’]
    звести́ розмо́ву на (+ accusative) ― zvestý rozmóvu na ― to bring/shift the conversation to (a topic)
* to raise
    звести́ куро́к ― zvestý kurók ― to cock (literally, “to raise the cocking piece/handle (of a firearm)”)
* to build, to erect
* to bring together (to gather, to move closer to each other)
    звести́ доку́пи ― zvestý dokúpy ― to bring together
    звести́ плечи́ма ― zvestý plečýma ― to shrug one's shoulders
    звести́ кінці́ з кінця́ми ― zvestý kincí z kincjámy ― to make ends meet (literally, “to bring together ends with ends”)
    звести́ дух ― zvestý dux ― to catch one's breath, to gather breath
* to reconcile, to settle (to make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance)
    звести́ раху́нки з (+ instrumental) ― zvestý raxúnky z ― to settle a score with, to square accounts with (someone)
* (colloquial) to bring together (to cause people to do something together; to bring about togetherness)
* to blame, to lay [with на (na, + accusative) ‘on someone’] (to impute)
    звести́ на́клеп на (+ accusative) ― zvestý náklep na ― to calumniate, to cast aspersions on, to libel, to malign, to slander, to traduce
* to lead astray
    звести́ на манівці́ (idiomatic) ― zvestý na manivcí ― to lead astray; to lead up the garden path (literally, “to lead onto a detour”)
* to seduce
* to reduce (to bring to an inferior state or condition)
    звести́ наніве́ць ― zvestý nanivécʹ ― to reduce/bring to nothing, to bring to nought, to nullify
* to cramp (to affect with cramps or spasms)
    Near-synonym: посудо́мити pf (posudómyty)
* to bring down, to boil down, to reduce [with до (do, + genitive) or на (na, + accusative) ‘to’] (to diminish or simplify)
    звести́ до мі́німуму ― zvestý do mínimumu ― to reduce to a minimum, to minimize
    звести́ до спі́льного знаме́нника ― zvestý do spílʹnoho znaménnyka ― to reduce to a common denominator

#### Derived terms

* зве́дення n (zvédennja)
* звести́ся pf (zvestýsja)
* звід m (zvid)
* звести́ з ро́зуму pf (zvestý z rózumu)
* звести́ з ума́ pf (zvestý z umá)
* звести́ раху́нки з життя́м pf (zvestý raxúnky z žyttjám)
* призвести́ pf (pryzvestý)

### References

* Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2014), “звести”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (з – зв'я́нути), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN, page 778
* “звести”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)

### Further reading

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1972), “звести”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (З), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 469
* A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “звести”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
* A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “звести”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
* “звести”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
* “звести”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)