держати

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

дьржати (dĭržati)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dьržati. Akin to Old Church Slavonic дрьжати (drĭžati) and Old Church Slavonic дръжати (drŭžati)

Verb

держати (deržati) ?

to keep, hold, own

Descendants

Belarusian: дзіржа́ць (dziržácʹ) (dialectal)
Russian: держа́ть (deržátʹ)
Ukrainian: держа́ти (deržáty)

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]‎ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 775

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