дьржати

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word дьржати. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word дьржати, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say дьржати in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word дьржати you have here. The definition of the word дьржати will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofдьржати, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dьržati. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic дрьжати (drĭžati) and Old Polish dzierżeć.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪˈrʑɑti//dʲɪˈrʑatʲi//ˈdʲrʑatʲi/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /dɪˈrʑɑti/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /dʲɪˈrʑatʲi/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈdʲrʑatʲi/

  • Hyphenation: дь‧ржа‧ти

Verb

дьржати (dĭržatiimpf

  1. (transitive) to hold

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “держати”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 775