to confirm, to ratify, to enshrine (to formally establish)
çekim: geçmiş stadfäste · ortaç stadfäst · ulaç stadfästande
köken: From Old Swedish staþfæsta, from staþfaster (“steadfast”), equivalent to (archaic) stad (“a place, a stead”) + fästa (“to fix, to fasten”). Compare Norwegian stadfeste, Icelandic staðfesta, English steadfast.
to cover, cover up · to keep, preserve, protect · to enshrine (protect within an official law or treaty)
çekim: geçmiş cumhdaithe · ortaç cumhdaithe · şimdiki cumhdaíonn sé
köken: From Middle Irish cumtaigid (whence also Scottish Gaelic còmhdaich and Manx coodee), denominal from Old Irish cumtach, the verbal noun of con·utaing.