вякать
Russian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wékʷ-ti, from *wekʷ- (“to speak”). Cognate with Slovene vékati, Sanskrit वक्ति (vakti)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvʲakətʲ]
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Verb
вя́кать • (vjákatʹ) impf (perfective вя́кнуть)
- (low colloquial) to make noise (e.g. of a pet)
- (low colloquial) to complain, to whimper
- (low colloquial) to blather, to talk nonsense
- (low colloquial) to blurt out (to say without thinking)
Conjugation
Conjugation of вя́кать (class 1a imperfective intransitive)
| imperfective aspect | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | вя́кать vjákatʹ | |
| participles | present tense | past tense |
| active | вя́кающий vjákajuščij |
вя́кавший vjákavšij |
| passive | — | — |
| adverbial | вя́кая vjákaja |
вя́кав vjákav, вя́кавши vjákavši |
| present tense | future tense | |
| 1st singular (я) | вя́каю vjákaju |
бу́ду вя́кать búdu vjákatʹ |
| 2nd singular (ты) | вя́каешь vjákaješʹ |
бу́дешь вя́кать búdešʹ vjákatʹ |
| 3rd singular (он/она́/оно́) | вя́кает vjákajet |
бу́дет вя́кать búdet vjákatʹ |
| 1st plural (мы) | вя́каем vjákajem |
бу́дем вя́кать búdem vjákatʹ |
| 2nd plural (вы) | вя́каете vjákajete |
бу́дете вя́кать búdete vjákatʹ |
| 3rd plural (они́) | вя́кают vjákajut |
бу́дут вя́кать búdut vjákatʹ |
| imperative | singular | plural |
| вя́кай vjákaj |
вя́кайте vjákajte | |
| past tense | singular | plural (мы/вы/они́) |
| masculine (я/ты/он) | вя́кал vjákal |
вя́кали vjákali |
| feminine (я/ты/она́) | вя́кала vjákala | |
| neuter (оно́) | вя́кало vjákalo | |
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вякать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress