"лесть" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Russian]

IPA: [lʲesʲtʲ] Audio: Ru-лесть.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Old East Slavic льсть (lĭstĭ), from Proto-Slavic *lьstь. According to Vasmer, a link with German List is possible. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ru|orv|льсть|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old East Slavic льсть (lĭstĭ), {{inh+|ru|orv|льсть}} Inherited from Old East Slavic льсть (lĭstĭ), {{der|ru|sla-pro|*lьstь}} Proto-Slavic *lьstь, {{cog|de|List}} German List Head templates: {{ru-noun+||f}} лесть • (lestʹ) f inan (genitive ле́сти, nominative plural ле́сти, genitive plural ле́стей) Forms: lestʹ [romanization], ле́сти [genitive], ле́сти [nominative, plural], ле́стей [genitive, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], ле́сть [nominative, singular], ле́сти [nominative, plural], ле́сти [genitive, singular], ле́стей [genitive, plural], ле́сти [dative, singular], ле́стям [dative, plural], ле́сть [accusative, singular], ле́сти [accusative, plural], ле́стью [instrumental, singular], ле́стями [instrumental, plural], ле́сти [prepositional, singular], ле́стях [plural, prepositional]
  1. flattery, adulation, cajolery Related terms: ле́стный (léstnyj), льстец (lʹstec), льсти́вый (lʹstívyj), пре́лесть (prélestʹ), льстить (lʹstitʹ)

Inflected forms

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          "english": "Convinced that flattery had been of no avail, he now tried to draw the captain to frankness, by teasing and rousing his feelings of patriotism.",
          "ref": "1906, Александр Куприн [Aleksandr I. Kuprin], “3”, in Штабс-капитан Рыбников; English translation from John Middleton Murry, transl., Captain Ribnikov, 1916:",
          "roman": "Ubedívšisʹ, što lestʹ jemú ne pomogála, on tepérʹ próboval dovestí štabs-kapitána do otkrovénnosti, draznjá i vozbuždája jevó patriotíčeskije čúvstva.",
          "text": "Убеди́вшись, что лесть ему́ не помога́ла, он тепе́рь про́бовал довести́ штабс-капита́на до открове́нности, дразня́ и возбужда́я его́ патриоти́ческие чу́вства.",
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          "word": "ле́стный"
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        },
        {
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          "word": "льсти́вый"
        },
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          "roman": "prélestʹ",
          "word": "пре́лесть"
        },
        {
          "roman": "lʹstitʹ",
          "word": "льстить"
        }
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      "homophone": "лезть (leztʹ)"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "ле́сти",
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      "form": "ле́стями",
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    },
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      "form": "ле́сти",
      "roman": "lésti",
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      "word": "ле́стный"
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      "roman": "lʹstívyj",
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      "roman": "prélestʹ",
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      "roman": "lʹstitʹ",
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        "Russian terms derived from Old East Slavic",
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