держава

Borrowed from Russian держа́ва (deržáva)

держава • (derjava)

1. state, power (a powerful country)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dьržava, later a semantic loan from Serbo-Croatian држава／država. Cognate with Slovak dŕžava (“dependency”).

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держава (deržava) f (diminutive державка or державочка, related adjective державни)

1. country, state

   Synonyms: (obsolete) країна (krajina), (obsolete) орсаґ (orsag)

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “держава”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy

First attested in 1344. Inherited from Old East Slavic дьржава (dĭržava), from Proto-Slavic *dьržava. Cognates include Ukrainian держа́ва (deržáva, “strength; estate; state (government), power”), Belarusian дзяржа́ва (dzjaržáva, “state (government)”), Old Church Slavonic дрьжава (drĭžava), дръжава (drŭžava), Bulgarian държа́ва (dǎržáva, “state (government)”), Macedonian држава (država, “state (government)”), Serbo-Croatian др̀жава (“possession; state (government)”), Slovene držȃva (“composition, content; state, power; possession”) (tonal orthography), Czech država (“possession; power, state”), Slovak dŕžava (“state, power”), Polish dzierżawa (“lease; (archaic) possession”).

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держа́ва • (deržáva) f inan (genitive держа́вы, nominative plural держа́вы, genitive plural держа́в, relational adjective держа́вный)

1. state, power (a powerful country)

   Synonyms: страна́ (straná), госуда́рство (gosudárstvo), ца́рство (cárstvo), импе́рия (impérija)

   вели́кая держа́ва ― velíkaja deržáva ― a great power

2. globus cruciger, orb (a globe with a cross used as a symbol of royal power)

Inherited from Old East Slavic дьржава (dĭržava), from Proto-Slavic *dьržava.

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держа́ва • (deržáva) f inan (genitive держа́ви, nominative plural держа́ви, genitive plural держа́в, relational adjective держа́вний)

1. state, country, nation

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де́ржава or держа́ва • (déržava or deržáva) f inan (genitive де́ржави or держа́ви, nominative plural де́ржави or держа́ви, genitive plural де́ржав or держа́в)

1. (archaic) estate, possession
2. (dated) strength
3. (dated) power

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “держава”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “держава”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “держава”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)