iskati

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

   Išćem nešto drugo. - I'm looking for something else.

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

• IPA^(key): /iskàːti/

Verb

iskáti impf

1. to search, to seek

   Iščem nekaj drugega - I'm looking for something else.

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

• obiskáti
• poiskáti
• preiskáti
• raziskáti

Further reading

• “iskati”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024