dvoriti

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dvoriti, from *dvorъ (“court”). Compare Romanian dvori, Czech dvořit, Russian дворить (dvoritʹ), Polish dworzyć.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʋǒriti/
  • Hyphenation: dvo‧ri‧ti

Verb

dvòriti impf (Cyrillic spelling дво̀рити)

  1. (transitive or intransitive, historical) to serve at a royal or noble court
  2. (transitive or intransitive) to wait on, to serve (at table)
  3. (transitive or intransitive, by extension) to serve in general
  4. (transitive or intransitive) to treat with great esteem or respect, to honor
  5. (transitive or intransitive, by extension) to respect or think highly of in general
  6. (transitive or intransitive) to concern oneself with, to follow, honor, or care about (something abstract)
  7. (transitive or intransitive) to court, to woo
  8. (transitive, obsolete) to beg, to beseech

References

  • “dvoriti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • Đuro Daničić, Matija Valjavac, Pero Budmani, editor (1884–1886), “dvòriti”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎ (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 2, Zagreb: JAZU, page 945
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