-жидать

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Russian

Etymology

From imperfective lengthening of the Proto-Slavic perfective infinitive stem *-žьd- (from the infinitive *žьdati) + -а́ть (-átʹ). Similar lengthening accounts for the change -о--а- in imperfective derivations in -ывать (-yvatʹ) and -ивать (-ivatʹ), e.g.

Pronunciation

Combining form

-жида́ть (-židátʹimpf (perfective -жда́ть)

  1. Combining form used to form imperfective counterparts of prefixed derivatives of ждать (ždatʹ, to wait).
    пережда́ть pf (pereždátʹ)пережида́ть impf (perežidátʹ)
    вы́ждать pf (výždatʹ)выжида́ть impf (vyžidátʹ)
    дожда́ться pf (doždátʹsja)дожида́ться impf (dožidátʹsja)

Conjugation

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