See also: ёкать

Russian

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Etymology 1

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е (je) +‎ -кать (-katʹ)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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е́кать (jékatʹimpf (perfective е́кнуть)

  1. (linguistics) to pronounce unstressed e as such rather than as i (as characteristic of some Central and Northern Russian dialects)
    Synonym: э́кать (ékatʹ)
    Antonyms: и́кать (íkatʹ), я́кать (jákatʹ)
Usage notes
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  • An example of this is pronouncing земля́ (zemljá) as [zʲemˈlʲa], instead of the Standard Russian pronunciation [zʲɪmˈlʲa], which could be respelled as *зимля́ (*zimljá).
  • The opposing tendencies are known as и́кать (íkatʹ) (pronouncing unstressed e as i, as characteristic of standard Russian) and я́кать (jákatʹ) (pronouncing unstressed e as ja, as characteristic of some Southern Russian dialects and of standard Belarusian).
Conjugation
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Derived terms
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See also

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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екать (jókatʹimpf

  1. Alternative spelling of ёкать (jókatʹ)