держати

Pronunciation: [derˈʒate]

“держати” is a Ukrainian word. Its 9 meanings in English:

verb

to hold (to grip or grasp)
to hold, to keep (to keep in a certain position or state)
to hold back, to detain, to stop, to keep (to prevent from commencing an action)
to bear, to support, to prop up, to undergird (to prevent from collapsing/falling apart)
to keep (to continue in (a course or mode of action); to uphold or maintain)
to store (to keep something in a designated place while not in use)
to keep, to own (of living creatures, plants)
to take for, to think of as (strictly in a negative sense: to take accusative (someone) + за (for) + accusative (someone))
to persist

Inherited from Old Ruthenian держа́ти (deržáti), from Old East Slavic держати (deržati), дьржати (dĭržati), from Proto-Slavic *dьržati.

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