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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bariti (to talk, to chat), with the semantic shift: to talk, to chatto keep/detain someone by chatting with themto keep, to detain. Related to ба́яти (bájaty), бала́кати (balákaty).

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бари́ти (barýtyimpf (perfective забари́ти)

  1. (transitive) to detain, to keep, to stop (somebody)
    Synonyms: га́яти (hájaty), затри́мувати (zatrýmuvaty)

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