pleskat

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech pleskati, from Proto-Slavic *pleskati. Related to plískat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈplɛskat]

Verb

pleskat impf (perfective plesknout)

  1. (transitive) to slap, to smack, to spank
    Synonym: plácat
  2. (intransitive) to patter, to lap, to flap
    Déšť pleská do oken.
    The rain patters on the windows.

Conjugation

Conjugation of pleskat
infinitive pleskat, pleskati active adjective pleskající


verbal noun pleskání passive adjective pleskaný
present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person pleskám pleskáme pleskejme
2nd person pleskáš pleskáte pleskej pleskejte
3rd person pleská pleskají

The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive pleskat.

participles past participles passive participles
singular plural singular plural
masculine animate pleskal pleskali pleskán pleskáni
masculine inanimate pleskaly pleskány
feminine pleskala pleskána
neuter pleskalo pleskala pleskáno pleskána
transgressives present past
masculine singular pleskaje
feminine + neuter singular pleskajíc
plural pleskajíce

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