држати

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dьržati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dřʒati/
  • Hyphenation: др‧жа‧ти

Verb

др̀жати impf (Latin spelling dr̀žati)

  1. (transitive) to hold, grasp
  2. (transitive) to bear, support
  3. (transitive) to consider
  4. (reflexive) to behave, act
  5. (reflexive) to mind, care about

Conjugation

Conjugation of држати
Infinitive: држати Present verbal adverb: др̀же̄ћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: др̀жа̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present држим држиш држи држимо држите држе
Future Future I држат ћу1
држаћу 		држат ћеш1
држаћеш 		држат ће1
држаће 		држат ћемо1
држаћемо 		држат ћете1
држаћете 		држат ће1
држаће
Future II бу̏де̄м држао2 бу̏де̄ш држао2 бу̏де̄ држао2 бу̏де̄мо држали2 бу̏де̄те држали2 бу̏дӯ држали2
Past Perfect држао сам2 држао си2 држао је2 држали смо2 држали сте2 држали су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам држао2 би̏о си држао2 би̏о је држао2 би́ли смо држали2 би́ли сте држали2 би́ли су држали2
Imperfect држах држаше држаше држасмо држасте држаху
Conditional I држао бих2 држао би2 држао би2 држали бисмо2 држали бисте2 држали би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих држао2 би̏о би држао2 би̏о би држао2 би́ли бисмо држали2 би́ли бисте држали2 би́ли би држали2
Imperative — држи — држимо држите —
Active past participle држао m / држала f / држало n држали m / држале f / држала n
Passive past participle држан m / држана f / држано n држани m / држане f / држана n
1   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
2   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.
3   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.

4   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.
  *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

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