vískat

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьskati, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys- (“to wish”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /viːskat/
  • Homophone: výskat

Verb

vískat impf (perfective povískat)

  1. (dated) to search for lice
    Opice se často nechávají ostatními vískat ― Monkeys often let others look for lice in their hair.
  2. to play with someone's hair
    Vískala ho ve vlasech ― She was playing with his hair.

Conjugation
Conjugation
Present formsindicativeimperative
singularpluralsingularplural
1st personvískámvískáme—vískejme
2nd personvískášvískátevískejvískejte
3rd personvískávískají——
The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive vískat.
ParticiplesPast participlesPassive participles
singularpluralsingularplural
masculine animatevískalvískalivískánvískáni
masculine inanimatevískalyvískány
femininevískalavískalyvískánavískány
neutervískalovískalavískánovískána
Transgressivespresentpast
masculine singularvískaje—
feminine + neuter singularvískajíc—
pluralvískajíce—

Further reading
  • vískati in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • vískati in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
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