жадаць

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• żadać, žadać — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian жадати (žadati), from Proto-Slavic *žędati. Cognates include Czech žádat, Polish żądać and Ukrainian жада́ти (žadáty).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʐaˈdat͡sʲ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

жада́ць • (žadácʹ) impf (perfective пажада́ць)

1. to crave (to desire strongly)

   Synonym: пра́гнуць (práhnucʹ)

2. to wish (to bestow a thought or gesture towards someone or something)

   Synonym: зы́чыць (zýčycʹ)

Usage notes

• It's a much stronger version of хацець and for this reason these words are not perfect synonyms.

Conjugation

For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.

imperfective aspect
infinitive	жада́ць žadácʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	—
passive	—	—
adverbial	жада́ючы žadájučy	жада́ўшы žadáŭšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular я	жада́ю žadáju	бу́ду жада́ць búdu žadácʹ
2nd singular ты	жада́еш žadáješ	бу́дзеш жада́ць búdzješ žadácʹ
3rd singular ён / яна́ / яно́	жада́е žadáje	бу́дзе жада́ць búdzje žadácʹ
1st plural мы	жада́ем žadájem	бу́дзем жада́ць búdzjem žadácʹ
2nd plural вы	жада́еце žadájecje	бу́дзеце жада́ць búdzjecje žadácʹ
3rd plural яны́	жада́юць žadájucʹ	бу́дуць жада́ць búducʹ žadácʹ
imperative	singular	plural
second-person	жада́й žadáj	жада́йце žadájcje
past tense	singular	plural мы / вы / яны́
masculine я / ты / ён	жада́ў žadáŭ	жада́лі žadáli
feminine я / ты / яна́	жада́ла žadála
neuter яно́	жада́ла žadála

Conjugation of жада́ць (class 1a, imperfective, transitive)

See also

• хаце́ць (xacjécʹ)

References

• Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1989), “жадати”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 9 (дорогоценный – жеребей), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 241
• “жадаць”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “жадаць” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org