стараться

Etymology
. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (1sg. ),, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Related to 🇨🇬 (originally "hard work"),. More distantly cognate with 🇨🇬 (1sg. ), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, (also per Vasmer, inf. , not , which is a different verb), 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬 (from 🇨🇬).

Verb

 * 1) to try, to attempt
 * 2) to endeavour/endeavor, to make an effort
 * 3) to pursue
 * 4) to strive
 * 1) to strive

Usage notes

 * refers to a continued effort of trying (synonym: пытаться / попытаться), as opposed to a single attempt. For the act of trying a single time, see.