Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čakati

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Considered by some to be an extension of *čajati.

Verb

*čakati

to wait, await, expect

Inflection

Conjugation of *čakati, *čaka, *čakajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*čakanьje	*čakati	*čakatъ	*čakalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*čakanъ	*čakajemъ
Active	*čakavъ	*čakaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*čakaxъ	*čaka	*čaka	*čakajǫ	*čakaješi	*čakajetь
Dual	*čakaxově	*čakasta	*čakaste	*čakajevě	*čakajeta	*čakajete
Plural	*čakaxomъ	*čakaste	*čakašę	*čakajemъ	*čakajete	*čakajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*čakaaxъ	*čakaaše	*čakaaše	—	*čakaji	*čakaji
Dual	*čakaaxově	*čakaašeta	*čakaašete	*čakajivě	*čakajita	—
Plural	*čakaaxomъ	*čakaašete	*čakaaxǫ	*čakajimъ	*čakajite	—

Alternative forms

*čekati

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: ча́кам (čákam)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Latin script: ча̏kati
  
  Latin script: čȁkati
  - Kajkavian (Bednja): čȍkati
- Slovene: čakati
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: čakati
- Old Polish: czakać
- Slovak: čakať
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: cakaś
  - Upper Sorbian: čakać

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) “*čakati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 78

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