pokus
Czech
Etymology
Deverbal from pokusit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpokus]
Audio: (file)
Noun
pokus m inan
- attempt, try
- experiment
- provést pokus ― to carry out an experiment
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
- “pokus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “pokus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “pokus”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.kus/
- Rhymes: -ɔkus
- Syllabification: po‧kus
Noun
pokus f
- genitive plural of pokusa
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pǒkus/
- Hyphenation: po‧kus
Noun
pòkus m inan (Cyrillic spelling по̀кус)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pokus | pokusi |
| genitive | pokusa | pokusa |
| dative | pokusu | pokusima |
| accusative | pokus | pokuse |
| vocative | pokuse | pokusi |
| locative | pokusu | pokusima |
| instrumental | pokusom | pokusima |
Related terms
Further reading
- “pokus”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Slovak
Etymology
Deverbal from pokúsiť, possibly borrowed from Czech.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɔkus]
Noun
pokus m inan
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pokus | pokusy |
| genitive | pokusu | pokusov |
| dative | pokusu | pokusom |
| accusative | pokus | pokusy |
| locative | pokuse | pokusoch |
| instrumental | pokusom | pokusmi |
Further reading
- “pokus”, 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