čakati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čakati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃakati/
• Hyphenation: ča‧ka‧ti

Verb

čakati impf (Cyrillic spelling чакати)

1. (Kajkavian, ambitransitive) to wait (for), await

   Synonym: čekati

Related terms

• počakati pf

Further reading

• “čakati”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga kajkavskoga književnog jezika [Dictionary of the Croatian Kajkavian literary language] (in Serbo-Croatian), https://kajkavski.hr, 1984–2026

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čakati. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃàːkati/

Verb

čákati impf

1. (transitive) to wait (delay until some event)

Conjugation

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

nouns

• čakalnica

verbs

• počákati
• pričákati
• učákati

Further reading

• “čakati”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “čakati”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references