Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъtiskati.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /stǐːskati/
  • Hyphenation: sti‧ska‧ti

Verb edit

stískati impf (Cyrillic spelling сти́скати)

  1. (transitive) to press, squeeze
  2. (transitive) to hug, clasp
  3. (reflexive) to shrink
  4. (reflexive) to shrivel
  5. (reflexive) to retrench oneself
  6. (reflexive) to stint oneself in
  7. (reflexive) to be confined to a narrow place

Conjugation edit

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