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

Derived terms

Further reading

  • pleskati in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • pleskati in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • pleskat in Internetová jazyková příručka
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