сплести

Russian

Etymology

с- (s-) +‎ плести́ (plestí)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [splʲɪˈsʲtʲi]

Verb

сплести́ • (splestí) pf (imperfective плести́ or сплета́ть)

1. to weave (to create by weaving)
2. (figurative) to create (something complicated or confusing)
3. to weave together, to interweave, to plait, to braid, to interlace
4. (figurative) to connect, to interlock
5. (figurative, colloquial) to invent, to compose

Conjugation

Conjugation of сплести́ (class 7b/b⑨ perfective transitive)

Note: For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.
¹ Dated.

perfective aspect
infinitive	сплести́ splestí
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	сплётший spljótšij
passive	—	сплетённый spletjónnyj
adverbial	—	сплетя́ spletjá, сплётши1 spljótši1
	present tense	future tense
1st singular (я)	—	сплету́ spletú
2nd singular (ты)	—	сплетёшь spletjóšʹ
3rd singular (он/она́/оно́)	—	сплетёт spletjót
1st plural (мы)	—	сплетём spletjóm
2nd plural (вы)	—	сплетёте spletjóte
3rd plural (они́)	—	сплету́т spletút
imperative	singular	plural
	сплети́ spletí	сплети́те spletíte
past tense	singular	plural (мы/вы/они́)
masculine (я/ты/он)	сплёл spljól	сплели́ splelí
feminine (я/ты/она́)	сплела́ splelá
neuter (оно́)	сплело́ spleló

Derived terms

• сплета́ться impf (spletátʹsja), сплести́сь pf (splestísʹ)
• сплете́ние (spleténije)