Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čajati

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

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁y-e-, from the root *kʷeh₁y- (Derksen's reconstruction; Rix prefers *kʷey-). Cognates include Avestan kауеiti, Sanskrit चायति (cā́yati, “to perceive, to observe”), Ancient Greek τίω (tíō, “to esteem, to respect”).

Verb

*čàjati

1. to wait, to expect

Inflection

Conjugation of *čajati, *čaja, *čajetь (?, -a/V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*čajanьje	*čajati	*čajatъ	*čajalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*čajanъ	*čajemъ
Active	*čajavъ	*čaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*čajaxъ	*čaja	*čaja	*čajǫ	*čaješi	*čajetь
Dual	*čajaxově	*čajasta	*čajaste	*čajevě	*čajeta	*čajete
Plural	*čajaxomъ	*čajaste	*čajašę	*čajemъ	*čajete	*čajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*čajaaxъ	*čajaaše	*čajaaše	—	*čaji	*čaji
Dual	*čajaaxově	*čajaašeta	*čajaašete	*čajivě	*čajita	—
Plural	*čajaaxomъ	*čajaašete	*čajaaxǫ	*čajimъ	*čajite	—

Related terms

• *čakati (“to wait”)

See also

• *čajiti
• *čajьka (“biding, chasing”)
• *časъ (“time”)
• *čajaznь
• *Bolječajь

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: чаꙗти (čajati) (11th century; accent paradigm a, with traces of c)
    • Russian: ча́ять (čájatʹ) (obsolete)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: чаꙗти (čajati)

    Glagolitic: ⱍⰰⱑⱅⰹ (čaěti)

  • Bulgarian: ча́ем (čáem) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ча̏јати

    Latin script: čȁjati

  • Slovene: čȃjati (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: čáti (archaic or dialectal; Jungmann's dictionary)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čajati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 10
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ча́ять”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress