šukať
Old Slovak
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Polish szukać.
Verb
šukať impf
Further reading
- Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “šukať”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak šukať.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʃukac]
- Rhymes: -ukac
- Hyphenation: šu‧kať
Verb
šukať impf
- (intransitive, regional) to wander (to walk aimlessly from place to place)
- Synonym: motať sa
- (transitive, regional) to look for
- Synonym: hľadať
Conjugation
Conjugation of šukať (imperfective; class I, pattern chytať)
| infinitive | šukať | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| present | šukám | šukáš | šuká | šukáme | šukáte | šukajú | |
| past | masculine | šukal som | šukal si | šukal | šukali sme | šukali ste | šukali |
| feminine | šukala som | šukala si | šukala | ||||
| neuter | šukalo som | šukalo si | šukalo | ||||
| past perfect | masculine | bol som šukal | bol si šukal | bol šukal | boli sme šukali | boli ste šukali | boli šukali |
| feminine | bola som šukala | bola si šukala | bola šukala | ||||
| neuter | bolo som šukalo | bolo si šukalo | bolo šukalo | ||||
| future | budem šukať | budeš šukať | bude šukať | budeme šukať | budete šukať | budú šukať | |
| conditional | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| present | masculine | šukal by som | šukal by si | šukal by | šukali by sme | šukali by ste | šukali by |
| feminine | šukala by som | šukala by si | šukala by | ||||
| neuter | šukalo by som | šukalo by si | šukalo by | ||||
| past | masculine | bol by som šukal | bol by si šukal | bol by šukal | boli by sme šukali | boli by ste šukali | boli by šukali |
| feminine | bola by som šukala | bola by si šukala | bola by šukala | ||||
| neuter | bolo by som šukalo | bolo by si šukalo | bolo by šukalo | ||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| present | — | šukaj | — | šukajme | šukajte | — | |
| non-finite forms | participles | transgressive | verbal noun | ||||
| present active | past active | passive | l-participle | ||||
| šukajúci | — | šukaný | šukal, šukala, šukalo, šukali | šukajúc | šukanie | ||
Further reading
- “šukať”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025