iskati

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьskati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǐskati/
  • Hyphenation: is‧ka‧ti

Verb

ìskati impf (Cyrillic spelling ѝскати)

  1. (transitive) to search, seek, look for
    Synonym: trážiti

Conjugation

Conjugation of iskati
Infinitive: iskati Present verbal adverb: ìskajūći/ȉštūći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: ìskānje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present ištem / išćem išteš / išćeš ište / išće ištemo / išćemo ištete / išćete ištu / išću
Future Future I iskat ću1
iskaću 		iskat ćeš1
iskaćeš 		iskat će1
iskaće 		iskat ćemo1
iskaćemo 		iskat ćete1
iskaćete 		iskat će1
iskaće
Future II bȕdēm iskao2 bȕdēš iskao2 bȕdē iskao2 bȕdēmo iskali2 bȕdēte iskali2 bȕdū iskali2
Past Perfect iskao sam2 iskao si2 iskao je2 iskali smo2 iskali ste2 iskali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam iskao2 bȉo si iskao2 bȉo je iskao2 bíli smo iskali2 bíli ste iskali2 bíli su iskali2
Imperfect iskah iskaše iskaše iskasmo iskaste iskahu
Conditional I iskao bih2 iskao bi2 iskao bi2 iskali bismo2 iskali biste2 iskali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih iskao2 bȉo bi iskao2 bȉo bi iskao2 bíli bismo iskali2 bíli biste iskali2 bíli bi iskali2
Imperative — išti / išći — ištimo / išćimo ištite / išćite —
Active past participle iskao m / iskala f / iskalo n iskali m / iskale f / iskala n
Passive past participle iskan m / iskana f / iskano n iskani m / iskane f / iskana n
1   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
2   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.
3   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.

4   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.
  *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Further reading

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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьskati.

Pronunciation

Verb

iskáti impf

  1. to search, to seek

Inflection

-Cati -Cjem (AP b)
infinitive iskáti
1st singular íščem
infinitive iskáti iskat
supine iskȁt
verbal noun iskȃnje
participle converb
present iščọ̄č iskȃje
past iskán —
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular iskȁł iskȃla iskálo
dual iskála iskáli iskáli
plural iskáli iskále iskála
present imperative
1st singular íščem —
2nd singular íščeš íšči
3rd singular íšče —
1st dual íščeva íščiva, iščȋva
2nd dual íščeta íščita, iščȋta
3rd dual íščeta —
1st plural íščemo íščimo, iščȋmo
2nd plural íščete íščite, iščȋte
3rd plural íščejo —

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “iskati”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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