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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьržati ęzykъ za zǫby

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Literally, “to keep one's tongue behind the teeth”.

Verb

*dьrža̋ti ęzỳkъ za zǫbý impf[1]

  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) keep one's lips sealed, hold one's tongue

Conjugation
Conjugation of dьržati ęzykъ za zǫby: see *dьržati.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *дьржати ѩзꙑкъ за зѫбꙑ (*dĭržati językŭ za zǫby)
      • Old Ruthenian: держа́ти ѧзы́къ за зуба́ми (deržáti jazýk za zubámi)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: держа́ти язы́к за зуба́ми (deržáty jazŷ́k za zubámy)
        • Ukrainian: держа́ти язи́к за зуба́ми (deržáty jazýk za zubámy)
      • Russian: держа́ть язы́к за зуба́ми (deržátʹ jazýk za zubámi)
  • South Slavic:
    • ⇒ Bulgarian: държа́ си ези́ка зад зъ́бите (dǎržá si ezíka zad zǎ́bite)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: др̀жати јѐзик за зубима
      Latin script: dr̀žati jèzik za zubima
      ⇒ Cyrillic script: јѐзик за зубе
      ⇒ Latin script: jèzik za zube
    • Slovene: dŕžati jézik za zobmi (tonal orthography)
      • ⇒ Slovene: jézik za zobe (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: držet jazyk za zuby
    • ⇒ Polish: trzymać język za zębami
      • → Belarusian: трыма́ць язы́к за зуба́мі (trymácʹ jazýk za zubámi)
      • → Ukrainian: трима́ти язика́ за зуба́ми (trymáty jazyká za zubámy)
    • Old Slovak: držať jazyk za zubami
      • ⇒ Pannonian Rusyn: тримац язик за зубами (trimac jazik za zubami)
      • Slovak: držať jazyk za zubami
        • ⇒ Slovak: jazyk za zuby
          • → Carpathian Rusyn: язы́к за зу́бы (jazŷ́k za zúbŷ)
    • Sorbian:
      • ⇒ Lower Sorbian: źaržaś swój jězyk za zubami

References
  1. Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1991), “ęzỳkъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 6 (e! – ěždžь), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 110
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