искати

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьskati.

Verb

искати • (iskati) impf

1. to seek
   • from Vita Constantini, 0500900-0500910:

     не подобно ѥсть въ ѥсень цвѣтьць искати, ни старꙿца на воискꙋ гнати.

     It is not fitting to seek flowers in the fall nor to drive an old man to war.

   • from Codex Marianus, 1070700-1070710:

     Просите и дастъ сѧ вамъ · ꙇ҅щѣте и обрѧщете · тлъцѣте и отвръзетъ сѧ вамъ ·

     Prosite i dastŭ sę vamŭ · i҅štěte i obręštete · tlŭcěte i otvrŭzetŭ sę vamŭ ·

     Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

Conjugation

present tense of искати (iskati) singular dual plural азъ (azŭ) тꙑ (ty) тъ (tŭ) вѣ (vě) ва (va) та (ta) мꙑ (my) вꙑ (vy) ти (ti) ищѫ (ištǫ) ищеши (išteši) ищетъ (ištetŭ) ищевѣ (ištevě) ищета (išteta) ищете (ištete) ищемъ (ištemŭ) ищете (ištete) ищѫтъ (ištǫtŭ)

present tense of искати (iskati) singular dual plural азъ (azŭ) тꙑ (ty) тъ (tŭ) вѣ (vě) ва (va) та (ta) мꙑ (my) вꙑ (vy) ти (ti) искаѭ (iskajǫ) искаѥши (iskaješi) искаѥтъ (iskajetŭ) искаѥвѣ (iskajevě) искаѥта (iskajeta) искаѥте (iskajete) искаѥмъ (iskajemŭ) искаѥте (iskajete) искаѭтъ (iskajǫtŭ)

Derived terms

• възискати (vŭziskati)
• изискати (iziskati)
• обискати (obiskati)
• поискати (poiskati)
• сънискати (sŭniskati)

Descendants

• Bulgarian: искам (iskam)
• Russian: искать (iskatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: искати/iskati

References

• Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка‎^[1], София

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьskati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǐskati/
• Hyphenation: ис‧ка‧ти

Verb

ѝскати impf (Latin spelling ìskati)

1. (transitive) to search, seek, look for

Conjugation

Conjugation of искати

Infinitive: искати		Present verbal adverb: ѝскајӯћи/и̏штӯћи		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: ѝска̄ње
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ја	ти	он / она / оно	ми	ви	они / оне / она
Present		иштем / ишћем	иштеш / ишћеш	иште / ишће	иштемо / ишћемо	иштете / ишћете	ишту / ишћу
Future	Future I	искат ћу1 искаћу	искат ћеш1 искаћеш	искат ће1 искаће	искат ћемо1 искаћемо	искат ћете1 искаћете	искат ће1 искаће
	Future II	бу̏де̄м искао2	бу̏де̄ш искао2	бу̏де̄ искао2	бу̏де̄мо искали2	бу̏де̄те искали2	бу̏дӯ искали2
Past	Perfect	искао сам2	искао си2	искао је2	искали смо2	искали сте2	искали су2
	Pluperfect3	би̏о сам искао2	би̏о си искао2	би̏о је искао2	би́ли смо искали2	би́ли сте искали2	би́ли су искали2
	Imperfect	исках	искаше	искаше	искасмо	искасте	искаху
Conditional I		искао бих2	искао би2	искао би2	искали бисмо2	искали бисте2	искали би2
Conditional II4		би̏о бих искао2	би̏о би искао2	би̏о би искао2	би́ли бисмо искали2	би́ли бисте искали2	би́ли би искали2
Imperative		—	ишти / ишћи	—	иштимо / ишћимо	иштите / ишћите	—
Active past participle		искао m / искала f / искало n			искали m / искале f / искала n
Passive past participle		искан m / искана f / искано n			искани m / искане f / искана 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.

Synonyms

• тра́жити

Further reading

• “искати”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024