држати

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dьržati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dřʒati/
Hyphenation: др‧жа‧ти

Verb

др̀жати impf (Latin spelling dr̀žati)

(transitive) to hold, grasp
(transitive) to bear, support
(transitive) to consider
(reflexive) to behave, act
(reflexive) to mind, care about

Conjugation

Conjugation of држати

Infinitive: држати		Present verbal adverb: др̀же̄ћи		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: др̀жа̄ње
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ја	ти	он / она / оно	ми	ви	они / оне / она
Present		држим	држиш	држи	држимо	држите	држе
Future	Future I	држат ћу¹ држаћу	држат ћеш¹ држаћеш	држат ће¹ држаће	држат ћемо¹ држаћемо	држат ћете¹ држаћете	држат ће¹ држаће
Future	Future II	бу̏де̄м држао²	бу̏де̄ш држао²	бу̏де̄ држао²	бу̏де̄мо држали²	бу̏де̄те држали²	бу̏дӯ држали²
Past	Perfect	држао сам²	држао си²	држао је²	држали смо²	држали сте²	држали су²
	Pluperfect³	би̏о сам држао²	би̏о си држао²	би̏о је држао²	би́ли смо држали²	би́ли сте држали²	би́ли су држали²
	Imperfect	држах	држаше	држаше	држасмо	држасте	држаху
Conditional I		држао бих²	држао би²	држао би²	држали бисмо²	држали бисте²	држали би²
Conditional II⁴		би̏о бих држао²	би̏о би држао²	би̏о би држао²	би́ли бисмо држали²	би́ли бисте држали²	би́ли би држали²
Imperative		—	држи	—	држимо	држите	—
Active past participle		држао m / држала f / држало n			држали m / држале f / држала n
Passive past participle		држан m / држана f / држано n			држани m / држане f / држана n
¹ Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic. ² For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively. ³ Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped. ⁴ Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped. *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

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