кержалташ (-ам)
{verb I} [Generate paradigm] 1. to grasp, to seize, to hold on to, to take hold of
♦ укшышко кержалташ (-ам) {verb I} to hold on to a twig
♦ шӱйышкӧ кержалташ (-ам) {verb I} to hug somebody
2. to throw oneself at, to pounce on, to attack, to assault
♦ шижтарыде кержалташ (-ам) {verb I} to attack unexpectedly
♦ иктаж-кӧн ӱмбаке кержалташ (-ам) {verb I} to attack somebody
3. to hang, to hang down, to droop
♢ вӱдпуч гыч ий кержалтын {sentence} icicles hung on the gutter
♦ кержалт колаш (-ем) {verb II} {set phrase} to hang oneself to death, to commit suicide by hanging; {set phrase} to be hanged to death
~ ASPECTUAL CONVERB CONSTRUCTIONS ~
// кержалт кошташ (-ам) {verb I} {imperfective} (see above)
♢ изи йоча аваж дек кержалт коштеш {sentence} the little child clutches at its mother
// кержалт шогаш (-ем) {verb II} {imperfective} (see above)
♢ кӱрка чылашт дек кержалт шога {sentence} the turkey attacks everyone
