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Source:*dьržatiProto-Slaviccertain

*dьrž-: East Slavic держ- with a vowel, Czech and BCS with a syllabic r (drž-).

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to hold

Polish

trzymać

ˈtʂɨmatɕ

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Latin under Cyrillic

Russian
держа́тьderžatʹ
dʲɪrˈʐatʲinherited
Ukrainian
держа́тиderžaty
dɛrˈʒatɪinherited
Polish
trzymać
ˈtʂɨmatɕdifferent word · Polish, of uncertain origin
Dzierżyć 'to wield', the cognate, is archaic.
Czech
držet
ˈdr̩ʒɛtinherited
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
držatiдржати
ˈdr̩ʒatiinherited
English
to hold