iskati
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *jьskati.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǐskati/
- Hyphenation: is‧ka‧ti
Verb
ìskati impf (Cyrillic spelling ѝскати)
- (transitive) to search, seek, look for
Conjugation
Conjugation of iskati
| Infinitive: iskati | Present verbal adverb: ìskajūći/ȉštūći | Past verbal adverb: — | Verbal noun: ìskānje | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
| Verbal forms | ja | ti | on / ona / ono | mi | vi | oni / one / ona | |
| Present | ištem / išćem | išteš / išćeš | ište / išće | ištemo / išćemo | ištete / išćete | ištu / išću | |
| Future | Future I | iskat ću1 iskaću | iskat ćeš1 iskaćeš | iskat će1 iskaće | iskat ćemo1 iskaćemo | iskat ćete1 iskaćete | iskat će1 iskaće |
| Future II | bȕdēm iskao2 | bȕdēš iskao2 | bȕdē iskao2 | bȕdēmo iskali2 | bȕdēte iskali2 | bȕdū iskali2 | |
| Past | Perfect | iskao sam2 | iskao si2 | iskao je2 | iskali smo2 | iskali ste2 | iskali su2 |
| Pluperfect3 | bȉo sam iskao2 | bȉo si iskao2 | bȉo je iskao2 | bíli smo iskali2 | bíli ste iskali2 | bíli su iskali2 | |
| Imperfect | iskah | iskaše | iskaše | iskasmo | iskaste | iskahu | |
| Conditional I | iskao bih2 | iskao bi2 | iskao bi2 | iskali bismo2 | iskali biste2 | iskali bi2 | |
| Conditional II4 | bȉo bih iskao2 | bȉo bi iskao2 | bȉo bi iskao2 | bíli bismo iskali2 | bíli biste iskali2 | bíli bi iskali2 | |
| Imperative | — | išti / išći | — | ištimo / išćimo | ištite / išćite | — | |
| Active past participle | iskao m / iskala f / iskalo n | iskali m / iskale f / iskala n | |||||
| Passive past participle | iskan m / iskana f / iskano n | iskani m / iskane f / iskana n | |||||
| 1 Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic. 2 For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively. 3 Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped. 4 Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped. | |||||||
Synonyms
- trážiti
Derived terms
- potrážiti
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *jьskati.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iskàːti/
Verb
iskáti impf
- to search, to seek
Inflection
| -Cati -Cjem (AP b) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | iskáti | |||||
| 1st singular | íščem | |||||
| infinitive | iskáti | iskat | ||||
| supine | iskȁt | |||||
| verbal noun | iskȃnje | |||||
| participle | converb | |||||
| present | iščọ̄č | iskȃje | ||||
| past | iskán | — | ||||
| l-participle | masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| singular | iskȁł | iskȃla | iskálo | |||
| dual | iskála | iskáli | iskáli | |||
| plural | iskáli | iskále | iskála | |||
| present | imperative | |||||
| 1st singular | íščem | — | ||||
| 2nd singular | íščeš | íšči | ||||
| 3rd singular | íšče | — | ||||
| 1st dual | íščeva | íščiva, iščȋva | ||||
| 2nd dual | íščeta | íščita, iščȋta | ||||
| 3rd dual | íščeta | — | ||||
| 1st plural | íščemo | íščimo, iščȋmo | ||||
| 2nd plural | íščete | íščite, iščȋte | ||||
| 3rd plural | íščejo | — | ||||
Derived terms
- obiskáti
- poiskáti
- preiskáti
- raziskáti
Further reading
- “iskati”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran