striezť

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Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stergti, from Proto-Indo-European *sterg- (literally to cover, to protect). Cognate with Ancient Greek στέργω (stérgō, to love).

Pronunciation

Verb

striezť impf

  1. (literary) to guard
    Synonyms: strážiť, chrániť
  2. (literary) to lurk
    Synonym: striehnuť

Conjugation

Further reading

  • striezť”, 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, 2024