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)
- (dated) to search for 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
| 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 | vískaly | vískána | vískány |
| neuter | vískalo | vískala | vískáno | vískána |
| Transgressives | present | past |
| masculine singular | vískaje | — |
| feminine + neuter singular | vískajíc | — |
| plural | vískajíce | — |
Related terms
- získat
Further reading
- vískati in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- vískati in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989