vískat

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)

  1. (dated) to delouse, to pick out 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
Infinitive vískat, vískati Active adjective vískající
Verbal noun — Passive adjective —
Present formsindicativeimperative
singularpluralsingularplural
1st person vískámvískáme—vískejme
2nd person vískášvískátevískejvískejte
3rd person vískávískají——
The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive vískat.
ParticiplesPast participlesPassive participles
singularpluralsingularplural
masculine animate vískalvískalivískánvískáni
masculine inanimate vískalyvískány
feminine vískalavískána
neuter vískalovískalavískánovískána
Transgressives present past
masculine singular vískaje—
feminine + neuter singular vískajíc—
plural vískajíce—

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