ärkab

ärkab is an Estonian verb meaning to wake up or awaken. It is the present tense, third-person singular form of the verb ärkama (to wake up). The infinitive of the verb is ärkama, and the related noun is ärkamine, referring to the act or process of waking.

In usage, ärkab describes the action of waking from sleep and is used with a subject in the present tense. For example, a sentence such as Ta ärkab iga päev kell seitse translates to He wakes up every day at seven. The form ärkab accompanies singular third-person subjects, while other persons and numbers are expressed by different conjugations of the same verb stem, following standard Estonian verb conjugation patterns.

Estonian speakers use ärkama and its forms across everyday speech and written text, including narratives and descriptions involving waking up. The verb integrates into a broad family of Finnic languages with similar roots and cognate forms, though the exact inflections are specific to Estonian.

See also: ärkamine, ärkama.