задржати

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From за- +‎ држати.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

задр̀жати pf (Latin spelling zadr̀žati)

  1. (transitive) to keep, retain, withhold
  2. (transitive) to preserve, maintain (tradition etc.)
  3. (transitive) to stop, hold (up) (traffic, car, attention, action, breath etc.)
  4. (reflexive) to stop, stay, spend time

Conjugation

Conjugation of задржати
infinitive задржати
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb задр̀жа̄вши
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present задржим задржиш задржи задржимо задржите задрже
future future I задржат ћу1
задржаћу
задржат ћеш1
задржаћеш
задржат ће1
задржаће
задржат ћемо1
задржаћемо
задржат ћете1
задржаћете
задржат ћē1
задржаће
future II бу̏де̄м задржао2 бу̏де̄ш задржао2 бу̏де̄ задржао2 бу̏де̄мо задржали2 бу̏де̄те задржали2 бу̏дӯ задржали2
past perfect задржао сам2 задржао си2 задржао је2 задржали смо2 задржали сте2 задржали су2
pluperfect3 би̏о сам задржао2 би̏о си задржао2 би̏о је задржао2 би́ли смо задржали2 би́ли сте задржали2 би́ли су задржали2
aorist задржах задржа задржа задржасмо задржасте задржаше
conditional conditional I задржао бих2 задржао би2 задржао би2 задржали бисмо2 задржали бисте2 задржали би2
conditional II4 би̏о бих задржао2 би̏о би задржао2 би̏о би задржао2 би́ли бисмо задржали2 би́ли бисте задржали2 би́ли би задржали2
imperative задржи задржимо задржите
active past participle задржао m / задржала f / задржало n задржали m / задржале f / задржала n
passive past participle задржан m / задржана f / задржано n задржани m / задржане f / задржана 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.

Further reading

  • задржати”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025