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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kačati, iterative-durative for *kotiti (“to roll”).

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Verb

кача́ть • (kačátʹ) impf (perfective покача́ть or качну́ть)

  1. to rock, to swing, to shake, to wobble; to dandle
    кача́ть колыбе́ль ― kačátʹ kolybélʹ ― to rock the cradle
    кача́ть голово́й ― kačátʹ golovój ― to shake one's head
  2. to pump
  3. to toss, to roll, to pitch
    ло́дку кача́ет ― lódku kačájet ― the boat is tossing / rolling
    его́ кача́ло из стороны́ в сто́рону ― jevó kačálo iz storoný v stóronu ― he was reeling from side to side
  4. (colloquial) to lift up, to chair (to toss someone up, like a group of fans their champion)
  5. to download
    Perfective: скача́ть (skačátʹ)
    Synonym: ска́чивать (skáčivatʹ)
  6. (colloquial) to train/pump muscle
  7. (colloquial) (in the expression)
    кача́ть права́ ― kačátʹ pravá ― to (persistеntly) stand up for one's rights

Conjugation

Conjugation of кача́ть (class 1a imperfective transitive)
Note: For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.
imperfective aspect
infinitive кача́ть
kačátʹ
participles present tense past tense
active кача́ющий
kačájuščij		 кача́вший
kačávšij
passive кача́емый
kačájemyj		 —
adverbial кача́я
kačája		 кача́в
kačáv,
кача́вши
kačávši
present tense future tense
1st singular (я) кача́ю
kačáju		 бу́ду кача́ть
búdu kačátʹ
2nd singular (ты) кача́ешь
kačáješʹ		 бу́дешь кача́ть
búdešʹ kačátʹ
3rd singular (он/она́/оно́) кача́ет
kačájet		 бу́дет кача́ть
búdet kačátʹ
1st plural (мы) кача́ем
kačájem		 бу́дем кача́ть
búdem kačátʹ
2nd plural (вы) кача́ете
kačájete		 бу́дете кача́ть
búdete kačátʹ
3rd plural (они́) кача́ют
kačájut		 бу́дут кача́ть
búdut kačátʹ
imperative singular plural
кача́й
kačáj		 кача́йте
kačájte
past tense singular plural
(мы/вы/они́)
masculine (я/ты/он) кача́л
kačál		 кача́ли
kačáli
feminine (я/ты/она́) кача́ла
kačála
neuter (оно́) кача́ло
kačálo

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