чекати

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čekati (to wait, await, expect).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃêkati/
  • Hyphenation: че‧ка‧ти

Verb

че̏кати impf (Latin spelling čȅkati)

  1. (ambitransitive) to wait (for), await

Conjugation

Conjugation of чекати
infinitive чекати
present verbal adverb че̏кајӯћи
past verbal adverb
verbal noun че̏ка̄ње
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present чекам чекаш чека чекамо чекате чекају
future future I чекат ћу1
чекаћу
чекат ћеш1
чекаћеш
чекат ће1
чекаће
чекат ћемо1
чекаћемо
чекат ћете1
чекаћете
чекат ћē1
чекаће
future II бу̏де̄м чекао2 бу̏де̄ш чекао2 бу̏де̄ чекао2 бу̏де̄мо чекали2 бу̏де̄те чекали2 бу̏дӯ чекали2
past perfect чекао сам2 чекао си2 чекао је2 чекали смо2 чекали сте2 чекали су2
pluperfect3 би̏о сам чекао2 би̏о си чекао2 би̏о је чекао2 би́ли смо чекали2 би́ли сте чекали2 би́ли су чекали2
imperfect чеках чекаше чекаше чекасмо чекасте чекаху
conditional conditional I чекао бих2 чекао би2 чекао би2 чекали бисмо2 чекали бисте2 чекали би2
conditional II4 би̏о бих чекао2 би̏о би чекао2 би̏о би чекао2 би́ли бисмо чекали2 би́ли бисте чекали2 би́ли би чекали2
imperative чекај чекајмо чекајте
active past participle чекао m / чекала f / чекало n чекали m / чекале f / чекала n
passive past participle чекан m / чекана f / чекано n чекани m / чекане f / чекана n

1   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
2   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.
3   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.
4   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.
  *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • чекати”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Ukrainian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *čekati (to wait, await, expect).

Pronunciation

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Verb

чека́ти (čekátyimpf (perfective почека́ти or зачека́ти)

  1. (ambitransitive) to wait
    Synonyms: жда́ти (ždáty), очі́кувати (očíkuvaty)
    Я ду́же чека́ю на її́ лист.Ja dúže čekáju na jijí lyst.I am waiting very much for her letter.
    • 1955, Миха́йло Коцюби́нський (Myxájlo Kocjubýnsʹkyj), На ві́ру (Na víru) , page 28:
      Олекса́ндра давно́ вже звари́ла вече́рю і чека́ла чолові́ка.
      Oleksándra davnó vže zvarýla večérju i čekála čolovíka.
      Oleksandra has cooked the supper long ago and was waiting for (her) husband.
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English check.

Pronunciation

Verb

че́кати (čékatyimpf (perfective че́кнути)

  1. (slang) To check (ascertain the presence, quality, or accuracy of).
    Synonym: перевіря́ти (perevirjáty)
    Я че́каю, що ві́дповідь пра́вильна.Ja čékaju, ščo vídpovidʹ právylʹna.I am checking that the answer is correct.
  2. (slang) To look at something or someone; to check out.
    Synonyms: диви́тися (dyvýtysja), гля́нути (hljánuty)
    Че́кай що знайшо́в!Čékaj ščo znajšóv!Look at what I found!
  3. (video games, slang) To check (a place) for the presence of enemy players.
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