Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French lâcher (to let go, to cede), originally in reference to throwing a game.

Later reanalyzed as lȃž (lie) +‎ -irati and used more generally.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /laʒǐːrati/
  • Hyphenation: la‧ži‧ra‧ti

Verb edit

lažírati impf or pf (Cyrillic spelling лажи́рати)

  1. (transitive) to rig, fix
  2. (transitive) to forge, to fake

Conjugation edit