"dьržava" meaning in Proto-Slavic

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Noun

Etymology: From *dьržati (“to hold”) + *-ava. Etymology templates: {{affix|sla-pro|*dьržati|*-ava|t1=to hold}} *dьržati (“to hold”) + *-ava Inflection templates: {{sla-decl-noun||g=f|stem=a}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], dьržava [nominative, singular], dьržavě [dual, nominative], dьržavy [nominative, plural], dьržavy [genitive, singular], dьržavu [dual, genitive], dьržavъ [genitive, plural], dьržavě [dative, singular], dьržavama [dative, dual], dьržavamъ [dative, plural], dьržavǫ [accusative, singular], dьržavě [accusative, dual], dьržavy [accusative, plural], dьržavojǫ [instrumental, singular], dьržavǫ [instrumental, singular], dьržavama [dual, instrumental], dьržavami [instrumental, plural], dьržavě [locative, singular], dьržavu [dual, locative], dьržavasъ [locative, plural], dьržavaxъ [locative, plural], dьržavo [singular, vocative], dьržavě [dual, vocative], dьržavy [plural, vocative]
  1. power, rule, kingdom Tags: feminine, reconstruction
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                  "lang_code": "uk",
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          "lang_code": "bg",
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    },
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    },
    {
      "form": "dьržavu",
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    },
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      "form": "dьržavъ",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    },
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "dьržavě",
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    {
      "form": "dьržavojǫ",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dьržavǫ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dьržavama",
      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dьržavě",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dьržavu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "dьržavasъ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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        "vocative"
      ]
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      ]
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "sla-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьržava",
  "pos": "noun",
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        },
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      ],
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      "links": [
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          "power",
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          "rule",
          "rule"
        ],
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          "kingdom",
          "kingdom"
        ]
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        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
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}
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                  "word": "дзяржа́ва"
                },
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                  "lang": "Ukrainian",
                  "lang_code": "uk",
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                  "word": "держа́ва"
                }
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              "roman": "deržáva",
              "word": "держа́ва"
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    }
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "dьržava",
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dьržavě",
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    {
      "form": "dьržavy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dьržavy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dьržavu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dьržavъ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dьržavě",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dьržavama",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dьržavamъ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dьržavǫ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dьržavě",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dьržavy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dьržavojǫ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dьržavǫ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dьržavama",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dьržavami",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dьržavě",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dьržavu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dьržavasъ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dьržavaxъ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "dьržavě",
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      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "dьržavy",
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        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "",
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      },
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  "lang_code": "sla-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьržava",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Slavic feminine nouns",
        "Proto-Slavic hard a-stem nouns",
        "Proto-Slavic lemmas",
        "Proto-Slavic nouns",
        "Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-ava"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "power, rule, kingdom"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "power",
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        ],
        [
          "rule",
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        ],
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          "kingdom",
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      ],
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        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dьržava"
}

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