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dvoriti

//dʋǒriti//
Serbo-Croatianverb

Definitions

  1. 1.
    to serve at a royal or noble court
  2. 2.
    to wait on, to serve (at table)
  3. 3.
    to serve in general
  4. 4.
    to treat with great esteem or respect, to honor
  5. 5.
    to respect or think highly of in general
  6. 6.
    to concern oneself with, to follow, honor, or care about (something abstract)
  7. 7.
    to court, to woo
  8. 8.
    obsoleteto beg, to beseech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dvoriti, from *dvorъ (“court”). Compare Romanian dvori, Czech dvořit, Russian дворить (dvoritʹ), Polish dworzyć.

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