ждати

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žьdati (“to wait, to await”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *g(e)id-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeydʰ-. Compare Old High German gīt (“avarice”) and Old Prussian gēide (“they are waiting”).

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жда́ти • (ždáty) impf (perfective пожда́ти)

1. (transitive) to wait for (to stay where one is or delay action)
   • 1895, Ivan Franko, “Основи суспільности [Basis of Society]”, in Житє і слово [Life and Word]‎, page 242:

     Ждав на Параску, та вона не приходила.

     Ždav na Parasku, ta vona ne pryxodyla.

     I waited for Paraska, but she did not come.

2. (intransitive) to wait (to stay where one is or delay action)
   • 1878, Ivan Nechuy-Levytsky, Микола Джеря [Mykola Dzheria]‎:

     Бжозовський ждав тиждень, ждав другий, а суду не було.

     Bžozovsʹkyj ždav tyždenʹ, ždav druhyj, a sudu ne bulo.

     Brzozowski waited a week, waited another, but there was no trial.

3. (transitive, intransitive) to expect, to wait (to believe that something will happen or count on something happening)
   • 1870–1879^[1], Panas Myrny, “Пасічник [Beekeeper]”, in Твори в п'яти томах [Works in 5 volumes]‎, volume I, published 1954, page 167:

     Ні, вже не ждати добра від Якова.

     Ni, vže ne ždaty dobra vid Jakova.

     No, you can no longer expect good from Yakov.

4. (figurative, transitive, in third person only) to await (to be in store for, to be ready for)
   • 1899, Lesya Ukrainka, Думи і мрії [Thoughts and Dreams]‎, volume 8:

     [Хвора:] Мене жде шибениця — я те знаю.

     [Xvora:] Mene žde šybenycja — ja te znaju.

     The gallows await me — I know that.

• чека́ти (čekáty)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “жда́ти”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2013), “жда́ти”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (д – жучо́к), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN