čakati

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čakati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃakati/
  • Hyphenation: ča‧ka‧ti

Verb

čakati impf (Cyrillic spelling чакати)

  1. (Kajkavian, transitive, intransitive) to wait (for), await
    Synonym: čekati

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čakati.

Pronunciation

Verb

čákati impf

  1. (transitive) to wait (delay until some event)

Conjugation

Class V, accentual type I (accent is not directly before the endings), imperfective
Infinitive čákati (a-ti), l-participle čákał
Long infinitive (usually only written, except in very formal contexts) čákati
Short infinitive (in spoken formal language, colloquial) čákat
Supine čákat
l-participle
masculine feminine neuter
singular čákał čākala, čakȃla čákalo, čakálo
dual čákala, čakála čákali, čakáli čákali, čakáli
plural čákali, čakáli čákale, čakále čákala, čakála
n-/t-participle (passive participle)
masculine feminine neuter
singular čȃkan čȃkana čȃkano
dual čȃkana čȃkani čȃkani
plural čȃkani čȃkane čȃkana
š-participle
masculine feminine neuter
singular čakȃvši čakȃvša čakȃvše
dual čakȃvša čakȃvši čakȃvši
plural čakȃvši čakȃvše čakȃvša
adverbial š-participle čakȃvši
True gerund čákanje, čakȃnje
Objectified gerund –
Present stem čȃkam (a-m)
Present indicative
singular dual plural
1st person čȃkam čȃkava, čȃkama čȃkamo
2nd person čȃkaš čȃkata, čȃkasta čȃkate, čȃkaste
3rd person čȃka čȃkata, čȃkasta čȃkajo
Imperative
singular dual plural
1st person čákaj čákajva, čákajma čákajmo
2nd person čákaj čákajta čákajte
3rd person čákaj čákajta –
č-participle
masculine feminine neuter
singular čakajọ̄č, čakajȍč čakajọ́ča čakajọ́če
dual čakajọ́ča čakajọ́či čakajọ́či
plural čakajọ́či čakajọ́če čakajọ́ča
adverbial participles
č-participle čakajọ̄č
e-participle čakȃje

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “čakati”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “čakati”, in Termania, Amebis
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