държа
Bulgarian
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to hold, to have a grip of
- (transitive) to take care of, to maintain
- (transitive) to keep
- (intransitive) to value, to hold in high esteem (+ на (на) + object)
- (intransitive) to insist upon (+ да (да) + clause)
- to stick, to hold on
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dьržati (hold).
Origin
Proto-Slavic
*dьržati
Gloss
hold
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- держать Russian
- *dʰer- Proto-Indo-European
- *dьržati Proto-Slavic
- držet Czech
- držati Serbo-Croatian
- држати Serbo-Croatian
- дръжка Bulgarian
- държало Bulgarian
- држи Macedonian
- držati Slovene
- дръжати Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- źaržaś Lower Sorbian
- dzierżeć Old Polish