хацець

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• chacieć — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian хотѣ́ти (xotě́ti), from Old East Slavic хотѣти (xotěti), from Proto-Slavic *xotěti. Cognate with Russian хоте́ть (xotétʹ) and Ukrainian хотіти (xotity).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xaˈt͡sʲet͡sʲ]

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• Rhymes: -et͡sʲ
• Hyphenation: ха‧цець

Verb

хаце́ць • (xacjécʹ) impf (perfective захаце́ць)

1. (intransitive) to want [with каб (kab) ‘to’]

   Я хачу, каб ты быў шчаслівы

   Ja xaču, kab ty byŭ ščaslivy

   I want you to be happy

2. (transitive, colloquial) to love
3. (transitive) to strive, try to achieve [with каб (kab) ‘to’]
4. (transitive) to intend to

Conjugation

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

imperfective aspect
infinitive	хаце́ць xacjécʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	—
passive	—	—
adverbial	хо́чучы xóčučy	хаце́ўшы xacjéŭšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular я	хачу́ xačú	бу́ду хаце́ць búdu xacjécʹ
2nd singular ты	хо́чаш xóčaš	бу́дзеш хаце́ць búdzješ xacjécʹ
3rd singular ён / яна́ / яно́	хо́ча xóča	бу́дзе хаце́ць búdzje xacjécʹ
1st plural мы	хо́чам xóčam	бу́дзем хаце́ць búdzjem xacjécʹ
2nd plural вы	хо́чаце xóčacje	бу́дзеце хаце́ць búdzjecje xacjécʹ
3rd plural яны́	хо́чуць xóčucʹ	бу́дуць хаце́ць búducʹ xacjécʹ
imperative	singular	plural
second-person	хаці́ xací	хаці́це xacícje
past tense	singular	plural мы / вы / яны́
masculine я / ты / ён	хаце́ў xacjéŭ	хаце́лі xacjéli
feminine я / ты / яна́	хаце́ла xacjéla
neuter яно́	хаце́ла xacjéla

Conjugation of хаце́ць (class 6c, imperfective, transitive and intransitive, irregular)

See also

• жада́ць impf (žadácʹ)

 

References

• “хацець”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “хацець” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• I. I. Nosovič, editor (1870), “хоцѣць”, in Slovarʹ bělorusskago narěčija‎ (in Russian), volumes 1–2, Saint Petersburg: The Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 683
• I. I. Nosovič, editor (1870), “хцѣць”, in Slovarʹ bělorusskago narěčija‎ (in Russian), volumes 1–2, Saint Petersburg: The Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 685