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Czech
Etymology
From z- + držet. Compare Polish zdzierżyć and Russian издержа́ть (izderžátʹ).
Pronunciation
Verb
zdržet pf (imperfective zdržovat)
- (reflexive with se) to abstain, to refrain, to forebear
- (reflexive with se) to abstain (from voting)
- Zdrželi se hlasování. ― They abstained from voting.
Conjugation
Conjugation
| Infinitive
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zdržet, zdržeti
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Active adjective
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zdrževšií
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| Verbal noun
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Passive adjective
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| The verb zdržet does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only. |
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| Transgressives
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present
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past
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| masculine singular
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zdržev |
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| feminine + neuter singular
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zdrževši |
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| plural
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zdrževše |
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “zdržeti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “zdržeti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “zdržet”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)