искати

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьskati.

Verb

искати (iskatiimpf

  1. to seek
    • from Vita Constantini, 0500900-0500910:
      не подобно ѥсть въ ѥсень цвѣтьць искати, ни старꙿца на воискꙋ гнати.
      It is not fitting to seek flowers in the fall nor to drive an old man to war.
    • from Codex Marianus, 1070700-1070710:
      Просите и дастъ сѧ вамъ · ꙇ҅щѣте и обрѧщете · тлъцѣте и отвръзетъ сѧ вамъ ·
      Prosite i dastŭ sę vamŭ · i҅štěte i obręštete · tlŭcěte i otvrŭzetŭ sę vamŭ ·
      Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Bulgarian: искам (iskam)
  • Russian: искать (iskatʹ)
  • Serbo-Croatian: искати/iskati

References

  • Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка, София

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьskati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǐskati/
  • Hyphenation: ис‧ка‧ти

Verb

ѝскати impf (Latin spelling ìskati)

  1. (transitive) to search, seek, look for

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Further reading

  • искати”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024