bozkať
Slovak
Etymology
Diminutive of bozať (“to kiss”), of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Polish buzia, buziak (“kiss”), Middle Irish pusóc (“kiss”), German Buss (“kiss”), Lithuanian bučiúoti (“to kiss”), Albanian buzë (“lip”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɔskac/
Verb
bozkať impf
- to kiss
Conjugation
Conjugation of bozkať (imperfective; class I, pattern chytať)
| infinitive | bozkať | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| present | bozkám | bozkáš | bozká | bozkáme | bozkáte | bozkajú | |
| past | masculine | bozkal som | bozkal si | bozkal | bozkali sme | bozkali ste | bozkali |
| feminine | bozkala som | bozkala si | bozkala | ||||
| neuter | bozkalo som | bozkalo si | bozkalo | ||||
| past perfect | masculine | bol som bozkal | bol si bozkal | bol bozkal | boli sme bozkali | boli ste bozkali | boli bozkali |
| feminine | bola som bozkala | bola si bozkala | bola bozkala | ||||
| neuter | bolo som bozkalo | bolo si bozkalo | bolo bozkalo | ||||
| future | budem bozkať | budeš bozkať | bude bozkať | budeme bozkať | budete bozkať | budú bozkať | |
| conditional | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| present | masculine | bozkal by som | bozkal by si | bozkal by | bozkali by sme | bozkali by ste | bozkali by |
| feminine | bozkala by som | bozkala by si | bozkala by | ||||
| neuter | bozkalo by som | bozkalo by si | bozkalo by | ||||
| past | masculine | bol by som bozkal | bol by si bozkal | bol by bozkal | boli by sme bozkali | boli by ste bozkali | boli by bozkali |
| feminine | bola by som bozkala | bola by si bozkala | bola by bozkala | ||||
| neuter | bolo by som bozkalo | bolo by si bozkalo | bolo by bozkalo | ||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| present | — | bozkaj | — | bozkajme | bozkajte | — | |
| non-finite forms | participles | transgressive | verbal noun | ||||
| present active | past active | passive | l-participle | ||||
| bozkajúci | — | bozkaný | bozkal, bozkala, bozkalo, bozkali | bozkajúc | bozkanie | ||
Related terms
Further reading
- “bozkať”, 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