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ждать

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Russian

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Etymology

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InheritedfromProto-Slavic*žьdati(to wait, to await),fromProto-Balto-Slavic*g(e)id-,fromProto-Indo-European*gʰeydʰ-.CompareOld High Germangīt(avarice)andOld Prussiangēide(they are waiting).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):[ʐdatʲ]
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Verb

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ждать(ždatʹ)impf(perfectiveподожда́ть)

  1. (transitive)towait for(to stay where one is or delay action)[withgenitive]
    Synonym:ожида́ть(ožidátʹ)
    ждатьпо́ездаždatʹpójezdato wait forthe train
    ждатьсвое́йо́чередиždatʹsvojéj óčeredito wait [for]one's turn
  2. (intransitive)towait(to stay where one is or delay action)
  3. (transitive)towait for(to eagerly expect something)[withgenitive]
    Synonym:ожида́ть(ožidátʹ)
    Она́ждётконца́войны́.
    Onáždjotkoncá vojný.
    She'swaiting forthe war to end.
  4. (transitive,intransitive)toexpect,towait(to believe that something will happen or count on something happening)[withgenitive]
    Synonym:ожида́ть(ožidátʹ)
    ждать,чтовсёула́дитсяždatʹ,što vsjo uláditsjaexpect things to work out
    Яждуотнего́извине́ний.
    Jažduot nevó izvinénij.
    Iexpecthim to apologize.
    Нежди,янепозвоню́!
    Neždi,ja ne pozvonjú!
    Don'twait,I won't call!
  5. (figurative,transitive,in third person only)toawait(to be in store for, to be ready for)[withaccusative]
    Synonym:ожида́ть(ožidátʹ)
    Ихждётги́бель.
    Ixždjotgíbelʹ.
    Their doomawaitsthem.
    (literally, “Deathawaitsthem.”)

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References

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  1. ^The templateTemplate:R:ru:Tsyganenkodoes not use the parameter(s):
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    Tsyhanenko, H. P.(1989) “ждать”,inЭтимологический словарь русского языка[Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola,→ISBN