екать

See also: ёкать

Russian

Etymology 1

е (je) + -кать (-katʹ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈjekətʲ]

Verb

е́кать (jékatʹ) impf (perfective е́кнуть)

  1. (linguistics) to pronounce unstressed e as such rather than as i (as characteristic of some Central and Northern Russian dialects)
Usage notes
  • An example of this is pronouncing земля́ (zemljá) as [zʲemˈlʲa], instead of the Standard Russian pronunciation [zʲɪmˈlʲa], which could be respelled as *зимля́ (*zimljá).
  • The opposing tendencies are known as и́кать (íkatʹ) (pronouncing unstressed e as i, as characteristic of standard Russian) and я́кать (jákatʹ) (pronouncing unstressed e as ja, as characteristic of some Southern Russian dialects and of standard Belarusian).
Conjugation
Synonyms
  • э́кать (ékatʹ)
Antonyms
Derived terms
  • е́канье (jékanʹje)

See also

Verb

екать • (jókatʹ) impf

  1. Alternative spelling of ёкать (jókatʹ)
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