From Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁y-e- , from the root *kʷeh₁y- (Derksen's reconstruction; Rix prefers *kʷey- ). Cognates include Avestan kауеiti , Sanskrit चायति ( cā́yati , “ to perceive, to observe ” ) , Ancient Greek τίω ( tíō , “ to esteem, to respect ” ) .
*čàjati [1] [2]
to wait , to expect
Verbal noun
Infinitive
Supine
L-participle
*čajanьje
*čajati
*čajatъ
*čajalъ
Participles
Tense
Past
Present
Passive
*čajanъ
*čajemъ
Active
*čajavъ
*čaję
Aorist
Present
Person
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
3rd
Singular
*čajaxъ
*čaja
*čaja
*čajǫ
*čaješi
*čajetь
Dual
*čajaxově
*čajasta
*čajaste
*čajevě
*čajeta
*čajete
Plural
*čajaxomъ
*čajaste
*čajašę
*čajemъ
*čajete
*čajǫtь
Imperfect
Imperative
Person
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
3rd
Singular
*čajaaxъ
*čajaaše
*čajaaše
—
*čaji
*čaji
Dual
*čajaaxově
*čajaašeta
*čajaašete
*čajivě
*čajita
—
Plural
*čajaaxomъ
*čajaašete
*čajaaxǫ
*čajimъ
*čajite
—
East Slavic:
Old East Slavic: чаꙗти ( čajati ) ( 11th century; accent paradigm a, with traces of c )
Russian: ча́ять ( čájatʹ ) ( obsolete )
South Slavic:
West Slavic:
Czech: čáti ( archaic or dialectal; Jungmann's dictionary )
Trubachyov, Oleg , editor (1977 ), “*čajati ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages ] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa ), Moscow: Nauka, page 10
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973 ) “ча́ять ”, in Oleg Trubachyov , transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language ] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
^ Derksen, Rick (2008 ) “*čàjati ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN , →ISSN , page 78 : “v. (a) ”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001 ) “čajati: čajǫ čajetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List [1] , Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 205, 234, 236; PR 133) ”