Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /laʒǐːrati/
  • Hyphenation: ла‧жи‧ра‧ти

Verb

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лажи́рати impf or pf (Latin spelling lažírati)

  1. (transitive) to rig, fix

Conjugation

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