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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech jískati, from Proto-Slavic *jьskati, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys- (“to wish”). Compare Polish iskać.
Pronunciation
Verb
vískat impf (perfective povískat)
- (dated) to delouse, to pick out lice
- Opice se často nechávají ostatními vískat ― Monkeys often let others look for lice in their hair.
- to play with someone's hair
- Vískala ho ve vlasech ― She was playing with his hair.
Conjugation
Conjugation
| Infinitive
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vískat, vískati
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Active adjective
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vískající
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| Verbal noun
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Passive adjective
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| The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive vískat. |
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Further reading
- “vískati”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “vískati”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “vískat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)