čekat

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Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech čakati, čekati, from Proto-Slavic *čakati, *čekati.

Pronunciation

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Verb

čekat impf (perfective počkat)

  1. to wait
    Na koho čekáte?Who are you waiting for?
  2. (transitive) to expect
    Co jste čekal?What did you expect?

Conjugation

Conjugation of čekat
infinitive čekat, čekati active adjective čekající
verbal noun čekání passive adjective čekaný
present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person čekám čekáme čekejme
2nd person čekáš čekáte čekej čekejte
3rd person čeká čekají

The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive čekat.

participles past participles passive participles
singular plural singular plural
masculine animate čekal čekali čekán čekáni
masculine inanimate čekaly čekány
feminine čekala čekána
neuter čekalo čekala čekáno čekána
transgressives present past
masculine singular čekaje
feminine + neuter singular čekajíc
plural čekajíce

Derived terms

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Further reading

  • čekati”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • čekati”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • čekat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025