Infinitive
čekati
Supine
čekatъ
L-participle
čekalъ
Verbal Noun
čekanьje
Participles
Passive
| Past | čekanъ |
| Present | čekajemъ |
Resultative
Aorist
| 1st sing. | čekaxъ |
| 2nd sing. | čeka |
| 3rd sing. | čeka |
| 1st dual | čekaxově |
| 2nd dual | čekasta |
| 3rd dual | čekaste |
| 1st plur. | čekaxomъ |
| 2nd plur. | čekaste |
| 3rd plur. | čekašę |
Present
| 1st sing. | čekajǫ |
| 2nd sing. | čekaješi |
| 3rd sing. | čekajetь |
| 1st dual | čekajevě |
| 2nd dual | čekajeta |
| 3rd dual | čekajete |
| 1st plur. | čekajemъ |
| 2nd plur. | čekajete |
| 3rd plur. | čekajǫtь |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | čekaaxъ |
| 2nd sing. | čekaaše |
| 3rd sing. | čekaaše |
| 1st dual | čekaaxově |
| 2nd dual | čekaašeta |
| 3rd dual | čekaašete |
| 1st plur. | čekaaxomъ |
| 2nd plur. | čekaašete |
| 3rd plur. | čekaaxǫ |
Imperative
| 2nd sing. | čekaji |
| 3rd sing. | čekaji |
| 1st dual | čekajivě |
| 2nd dual | čekajita |
| 1st plur. | čekajimъ |
| 2nd plur. | čekajite |
Future
Verbs conjugated like čekati
prъskati,
sikati,
xybati,
xyrěti,
xovati,
xarati,
bьltati,
věťati,
bьrlati,
prędati,
rǫgati,
pěvati,
sěvati,
babrati,
pǫtati,
pǫkati,
brъzgati,
brъskati,
gavъkati,
mъrdati, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Etymology
Traditionally considered an alternative form of *čakati, which Vasmer considers a reduplicative formation from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- (“to desire; to wish”). Derksen mentions this possibility, but favors Stang's derivation from a Proto-Indo-European *kʷek- (“to expect”), which he compares to Old Prussian kackint (“to attain”) and Lithuanian kàkti (“to be sufficient”) (though no non-Balto-Slavic cognates have been deduced). Note the latter root's similarity in form and meaning to Proto-Indo-European *kʷeḱ- (“to see, look”), though the relation between the two, if any, is unclear.
Verbs referencing "čekati"
Serbo-Croatian
чекати, Ukrainian
чекати, Serbo-Croatian
počakati, Belarusan
чакаць, Macedonian
чека, Bulgarian
чекам.
Sample Sentences
Cognates
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