искам

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Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьskati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • (file)

Verb

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 want something
    бих и́скал не́що (subjunctive)bih ískal néšto would have wanted something
    и́ска ми се да (desiderative)íska mi se da 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

  • 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'"

Russian

Pronunciation

Noun

и́скам (ískamm inan pl

  1. dative plural of иск (isk)