viska

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: vi‧s‧ka

viska f

1. (informal) Alternative form of whisky

• “viska”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “viska”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

From Old Norse visk, from Proto-Germanic *wiskaz.

viska (third person singular past indicative viskaði, third person plural past indicative viskað, supine viskað)

1. to wipe

• vizka (dated)

From Old Norse vizka, compare Icelandic vit.

viska f (genitive singular visku, no plural)

1. wisdom

   Synonyms: vísdómur, speki

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “viska”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *wiskijaną.

viska (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative viskaði, supine viskað)

1. used in set phrases

• viska út (“to erase, to wipe out”)

• visket

viska

1. inflection of viske:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Related to Old Norse hvína (“to whistle, whizz”). Compare English whistle and whine.

viska (present viskar, preterite viskade, supine viskat, imperative viska)

1. to whisper (to talk in a quiet voice)
   • 2016, Lars Lönnroth, transl., Den poetiska Eddan, Atlantis, →ISBN, Vaftrudnes visdomstävlan (Vafþrúðnismál) §54:

     Vad viskade Oden / i Balders öra / innan han brändes på bål?

     What whispered Odin / in Baldr’s ear / before he was burned on the pyre?

• viska in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker

• kivas, kvasi-, skiva, svika, vikas