ждати
Definitions
- 1.to wait for (to stay where one is or delay action until someone/something appears)
Ждав на Параску, та вона не приходила.
Ždav na Parasku, ta vona ne pryxodyla. — I waited for Paraska, but she did not come.
- 2.to wait (to stay where one is or delay action for a period of time)
Бжозовський ждав тиждень, ждав другий, а суду не було.
Bžozovsʹkyj ždav tyždenʹ, ždav druhyj, a sudu ne bulo. — Brzozowski waited a week, waited another, but there was no trial.
- 3.to expect, to await (to believe that something will happen or count on something happening)
Ні, вже не ждати добра від Якова.
Ni, vže ne ždaty dobra vid Jakova. — No, you can no longer expect good from Yakov.
- 4.to await (to be in store for, to be ready for)
[Хвора:] Мене жде шибениця — я те знаю.
[Xvora:] Mene žde šybenycja — ja te znaju. — [Patient:] The gallows await me — I know that.
Synonyms & related words
- чека́ти
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žьdati (“to wait, to await”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *g(e)id-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeydʰ-. Compare Old High German gīt (“avarice”) and Old Prussian gēide (“they are waiting”).
Forms
- жда́тиcanonical • imperfective
- ždátyromanization
- пожда́тиperfective
- жда́тиimperfective • infinitive
- ждатьimperfective • infinitive
- -active • imperfective • present
- -active • imperfective • past
- -imperfective • passive • present
- жда́нийimperfective • passive • past
- impersonal: жда́ноimperfective • passive • past
- ждучи́adverbial • imperfective • present
- жда́вшиadverbial • imperfective • past
- ждуfirst-person • imperfective • present • singular
- бу́ду жда́тиfirst-person • future • imperfective • singular
- бу́ду жда́тьfirst-person • future • imperfective • singular
- жда́тимуfirst-person • future • imperfective • singular
- ждешimperfective • present • second-person • singular
- бу́деш жда́тиfuture • imperfective • second-person • singular
- бу́деш жда́тьfuture • imperfective • second-person • singular
- жда́тимешfuture • imperfective • second-person • singular
- ждеimperfective • present • singular • third-person
- бу́де жда́тиfuture • imperfective • singular • third-person
- бу́де жда́тьfuture • imperfective • singular • third-person
- жда́тимеfuture • imperfective • singular • third-person
- ждемfirst-person • imperfective • plural • present
- ждемо́first-person • imperfective • plural • present
- бу́демо жда́тиfirst-person • future • imperfective • plural
- бу́демо жда́тьfirst-person • future • imperfective • plural
- жда́тимемоfirst-person • future • imperfective • plural
- жда́тимемfirst-person • future • imperfective • plural
- ждете́imperfective • plural • present • second-person
- бу́дете жда́тиfuture • imperfective • plural • second-person
- бу́дете жда́тьfuture • imperfective • plural • second-person
- жда́тиметеfuture • imperfective • plural • second-person
- ждутьimperfective • plural • present • third-person
- бу́дуть жда́тиfuture • imperfective • plural • third-person
- бу́дуть жда́тьfuture • imperfective • plural • third-person
- жда́тимутьfuture • imperfective • plural • third-person
- -first-person • imperative • singular
- ждімfirst-person • imperative • plural
- жді́моfirst-person • imperative • plural
- ждиimperative • second-person • singular
- ждітьimperative • plural • second-person
- ждавmasculine • past • singular
- жда́лиmasculine • past • plural
- жда́лаfeminine • past • singular
- жда́лиfeminine • past • plural
- жда́лоneuter • past • singular
- жда́лиneuter • past • plural
Conjugation
| I | жду |
| you (sg) | ждеш |
| he/she/it | жде |
| we | ждем, ждемо́ |
| you (pl) | ждете́ |
| they | ждуть |