Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech jískati, from Proto-Slavic *jьskati, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys- (“to wish”). Compare Polish iskać.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈviːskat]
- Hyphenation: ví‧s‧kat
- Homophone: výskat
Verb
vískat impf (perfective povískat)
- (dated) to delouse, to pick out lice
- Opice se často nechávají ostatními vískat ― Monkeys often let others look for lice in their hair.
- to play with someone's hair
- Vískala ho ve vlasech ― She was playing with his hair.
Conjugation
Conjugation of vískat
| infinitive
|
vískat, vískati
|
active adjective
|
vískající
|
| verbal noun
|
—
|
passive adjective
|
—
|
| present forms |
indicative |
imperative
|
|
singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
|
| 1st person
|
vískám |
vískáme |
— |
vískejme
|
| 2nd person
|
vískáš |
vískáte |
vískej |
vískejte
|
| 3rd person
|
víská |
vískají |
— |
—
|
The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive vískat.
| participles |
past participles |
passive participles
|
|
singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
|
| masculine animate
|
vískal |
vískali |
vískán |
vískáni
|
| masculine inanimate
|
vískaly |
vískány
|
| feminine
|
vískala |
vískána
|
| neuter
|
vískalo |
vískala |
vískáno |
vískána
|
| transgressives
|
present
|
past
|
| masculine singular
|
vískaje |
—
|
| feminine + neuter singular
|
vískajíc |
—
|
| plural
|
vískajíce |
—
|
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