ждать

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žьdati (to wait, to await), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *g(e)id-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeydʰ-. Compare Old High German gīt (avarice) and Old Prussian gēide (they are waiting).

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Verb

ждать (ždatʹimpf (perfective подожда́ть)

  1. (transitive) to wait for (to stay where one is or delay action)
    Synonym: ожида́ть (ožidátʹ)
    ждать по́ездаždatʹ pójezdato wait for the train
    ждать свое́й о́чередиždatʹ svojéj óčeredito wait one's turn
  2. (intransitive) to wait (to stay where one is or delay action)
  3. (transitive) to wait for (to eagerly expect something)
    Synonym: ожида́ть (ožidátʹ)
    Она́ ждёт конца́ войны́.
    Oná ždjot koncá vojný.
    She's waiting for the war to end.
  4. (transitive, intransitive) to expect, to wait (to believe that something will happen or count on something happening)
    Synonym: ожида́ть (ožidátʹ)
    ждать, что всё ула́дитсяždatʹ, što vsjo uláditsjaexpect things to work out
    Я жду от него́ извине́ний.
    Ja ždu ot nevó izvinénij.
    I expect him to apologize.
    Не жди, я не позвоню́!
    Ne ždi, ja ne pozvonjú!
    Don't wait, I won't call!
  5. (figurative, transitive, in third person only) to await (to be in store for, to be ready for)
    Synonym: ожида́ть (ožidátʹ)
    Их ждёт ги́бель.
    Ix ždjot gíbelʹ.
    Their doom awaits them.
    (literally, “Death awaits them.”)

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    Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “ждать”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN