дьржати

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dьržati. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic дрьжати (drĭžati) and Old Polish dzierżeć.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪˈrʑɑti//dʲɪˈrʑatʲi//ˈdʲrʑatʲi/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /dɪˈrʑɑti/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /dʲɪˈrʑatʲi/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈdʲrʑatʲi/

  • Hyphenation: дь‧ржа‧ти

Verb

дьржати (dĭržatiimpf

  1. (transitive) to hold

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: держати (deržati)
  • Russian: держа́ть (deržátʹ)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “держати”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 775