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Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak čekať, from Proto-Slavic *čekati. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn че́кати (čékaty) and Slovak čakať.
Pronunciation
Verb
чекац (čekac) impf
- (intransitive) to wait
- Synonym: обчековац (občekovac)
- чекац по ютре ― čekac po jutre ― to wait till tomorrow
- чекай, чекай! ― čekaj, čekaj! ― just you wait!
- (transitive) to wait for, to await
- Synonym: обчековац (občekovac)
- чекац гайзибан ― čekac hajziban ― to wait for the train
- (transitive, intransitive) to lurk, to stalk, to await, to wait in ambush for
- Synonyms: стрeжиц (strežic), стрeзц (strezc)
- чекац праву нагоду ― čekac pravu nahodu ― to lurk for the right opportunity
- тарґовец чекал купцох ― targovec čekal kupcox ― the shopkeeper was stalking for customers
- (intransitive) to waste time
- Synonym: розцаговац (rozcahovac)
- нє чекац анї кус ― nje čekac anji kus ― to not even waste a bit of time
Conjugation
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References
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “чекац”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “lurk”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 170
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “wait”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 367