fúkať

Slovak

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with Czech foukat and Polish fukać.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfuːkac]

Verb

fúkať impf (perfective fúknuť)

1. to blow

   Synonyms: dúchať, duť, vanúť, viať

Conjugation

Conjugation of fúkať (imperfective; class I, pattern chytať)

infinitive			fúkať
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
present		fúkam	fúkaš	fúka	fúkame	fúkate	fúkajú
past	masculine	fúkal som	fúkal si	fúkal	fúkali sme	fúkali ste	fúkali
	feminine	fúkala som	fúkala si	fúkala
	neuter	fúkalo som	fúkalo si	fúkalo
past perfect	masculine	bol som fúkal	bol si fúkal	bol fúkal	boli sme fúkali	boli ste fúkali	boli fúkali
	feminine	bola som fúkala	bola si fúkala	bola fúkala
	neuter	bolo som fúkalo	bolo si fúkalo	bolo fúkalo
future		budem fúkať	budeš fúkať	bude fúkať	budeme fúkať	budete fúkať	budú fúkať
conditional		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
present	masculine	fúkal by som	fúkal by si	fúkal by	fúkali by sme	fúkali by ste	fúkali by
	feminine	fúkala by som	fúkala by si	fúkala by
	neuter	fúkalo by som	fúkalo by si	fúkalo by
past	masculine	bol by som fúkal	bol by si fúkal	bol by fúkal	boli by sme fúkali	boli by ste fúkali	boli by fúkali
	feminine	bola by som fúkala	bola by si fúkala	bola by fúkala
	neuter	bolo by som fúkalo	bolo by si fúkalo	bolo by fúkalo
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
present		—	fúkaj	—	fúkajme	fúkajte	—
non-finite forms		participles				transgressive	verbal noun
		present active	past active	passive	l-participle
		fúkajúci	—	fúkaný	fúkal, fúkala, fúkalo, fúkali	fúkajúc	fúkanie

Further reading

• “fúkať”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024