dьržati

dьržati Grammatical information: v. Accent paradigm: c Proto-Slavic meaning: `hold'

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Old Church Slavic:

drьžati `hold, possess' [verb] \{1\}

Russian:

deržát' `hold, keep' [verb], deržú [1sg], déržit [3sg] \{2\}

Czech:

držeti `hold, keep' [verb]

Slovak:

držat' `hold, keep' [verb]

Polish:

dzierżeć `hold, possess' [verb]

Serbo-Croatian:

dr̀žati `hold, keep' [verb], dr̀žīm [1sg];

Čak. držȁti (Vrgada) `hold, keep' [verb], držĩs [2sg];

Čak. držȁti, držãt (Orbanići) `hold, hold on, support, keep' [verb], držĩn [1sg]

Slovene:

dŕžati `hold, keep' [verb], držím [1sg] \{3\}

Bulgarian:

dăržá `hold, keep' [verb]

IE meaning: d⁽ʰ⁾rgʰ / d⁽ʰ⁾rǵʰ

Comments: The root may be an extension of *dʰer-, cf. Skt. dhāráyati `hold', unless we assume that Gk. δράσσομαι `seize, grab' also belongs here.

Other cognates:

Av. dražaite `hold, lead' [verb]

Notes:

\{1\} Spellings with ъ are predominant. In the SJS, the lemma is actually drъžati. \{2\} AP (c) in Old Russian (Zaliznjak 1985: 139). \{3\} The form držáti (Pleteršnik I: 182) is a printing error.