Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *jьskati.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈiskɐm]
  • (file)

Verb edit

и́скам (ískam) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (transitive) to want, to wish, to would like
    Synonyms: ща (šta), (dialectal) са́кам (sákam)
    и́скам не́що (declerative)ískam néšto[I] want something
    бих и́скал не́що (subjunctive)bih ískal néšto[I] would have wanted something
    и́ска ми се да (desiderative)íska mi se da[I] would like to
  2. (by extension) to require, to demand, to ask for
    Synonyms: изи́сквам (izískvam), предявя́вам (predjavjávam), отпра́вям иск (otprávjam isk)
  3. (transitive, intransitive, expressive) to desire, to crave, to fancy
    Synonyms: жела́я (želája), жаду́вам (žadúvam)

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References edit

  • искам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • искам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “искам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 87
  • искати in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky'"

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Noun edit

и́скам (ískamm inan pl

  1. dative plural of иск (isk)