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Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stergti, from Proto-Indo-European *sterg- (literally “to cover, to protect”). Doublet of striezť and striehnuť.
Pronunciation
Verb
strážiť impf
- to guard
- Synonyms: dozerať, bdieť, striehnuť, (literary) striezť
Conjugation
Conjugation of strážiť (imperfective; class V, pattern robiť)
Further reading
- “strážiť”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025