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); opposed to и́кать (íkatʹ).
Usage note

An example of this is pronouncing земля́ (zemljá) as /zʲemˈlʲa/, instead of the Standard Russian pronunciation /zʲimˈlʲa/, which could be respelled as *зимля́ (*zimljá).

Conjugation
Synonyms
  • э́кать (ékatʹ)
Antonyms
Derived terms
  • е́канье (jékanʹje)

See also

Etymology 2

Verb

екать • (jókatʹ) impf

  1. Alternative spelling of ёкать (jókatʹ)
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