pleskat

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech pleskati, from Proto-Slavic *pleskati. Related to plískat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈplɛskat]

Verb

pleskat impf (perfective plesknout)

1. (transitive) to slap, to smack, to spank

   Synonym: plácat

2. (intransitive) to patter, to lap, to flap

   Déšť pleská do oken.

   The rain patters on the windows.

Conjugation

Conjugation of pleskat

infinitive pleskat, pleskati active adjective pleskající verbal noun pleskání passive adjective pleskaný present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person pleskám pleskáme — pleskejme 2nd person pleskáš pleskáte pleskej pleskejte 3rd person pleská pleskají — — The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive pleskat. participles past participles passive participles singular plural singular plural masculine animate pleskal pleskali pleskán pleskáni masculine inanimate pleskaly pleskány feminine pleskala pleskána neuter pleskalo pleskala pleskáno pleskána transgressives present past masculine singular pleskaje — feminine + neuter singular pleskajíc — plural pleskajíce —

Derived terms

• pleskavý
• pleskot

Further reading

• “pleskati”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “pleskati”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “pleskat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025