čakati
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čakati.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
čakati impf (Cyrillic spelling чакати)
- (Kajkavian, transitive, intransitive) to wait (for), await
- Synonym: čekati
Related terms edit
- počakati pf
Slovene edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *čakati.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
čákati impf
- (transitive) to wait (delay until some event)
Conjugation edit
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 edit
Further reading edit
- “čakati”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “čakati”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references