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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech čakati, čekati, from Proto-Slavic *čakati, *čekati.
Pronunciation
Verb
čekat impf (perfective počkat)
- to wait
- Na koho čekáte? ― Who are you waiting for?
- (transitive) to expect
- Co jste čekal? ― What did you expect?
Conjugation
Conjugation
| The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive čekat. |
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present
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past
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| masculine singular
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čekaje |
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| feminine + neuter singular
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čekajíc |
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| plural
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čekajíce |
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Derived terms
Further reading
- čekati in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- čekati in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- čekat in Internetová jazyková příručka