paziti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *paziti (“to heed”). Cognate with Bulgarian пазя (pazja, “to safeguard”), Slovene paziti (“protect”), Ukrainian пазити (pazyty, “to look after”). Non-Slavic cognates include Old Norse spakr (“wise”), speki (“wisdom”), spekja (“to soothe”). Compare Latin speciō (“to watch”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pâziti/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧zi‧ti

Verb

pȁziti impf (Cyrillic spelling па̏зити)

  1. (intransitive) to be careful, watch out
  2. (intransitive, reflexive) to take care of (+ na (“on”))
  3. (intransitive) to keep an eye on, watch (+ na (“on”))

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