пазити

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *paziti. Cognate with Bulgarian пазя (pazja, “to safeguard”), Slovene paziti (“protect”), Ukrainian пазити (pazyty, “to look after”). Non-Slavic cognates include Old Norse spakr (“wise”), speki (“wisdom”), spekja (“to soothe”). Compare Latin speciō (“to watch”).

• IPA^(key): /pâziti/
• Hyphenation: па‧зи‧ти

па̏зити impf (Latin spelling pȁziti)

1. (intransitive) to be careful, watch out
2. (intransitive, reflexive) to take care of (+ на (“on”))
3. (intransitive) to keep an eye on, watch (+ на (“on”))

• “пазити”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

• па́зати (pázaty), пазува́ти (pazuváty)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *paziti or, considering its spread, likely borrowed from Romanian păzi, from Old Church Slavonic пазити (paziti).

• IPA^(key):

па́зити • (pázyty) impf (transitive, dialectal)

1. to observe, to watch, to keep an eye on
2. to look after, to take care of

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “пазити”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “пазити”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “пазити”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “пазити”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)