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 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		vískána
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 (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “vískati”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “vískat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)