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Slovak
Etymology
From vy (“polite form of you”). Cognates include Czech vykat. Compare siezen.
Pronunciation
Verb
vykať impf
- to address with the polite V-form
- Antonym: tykať
Conjugation
Conjugation of vykať (imperfective; class I, pattern chytať)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “vykať”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024