pokus

Czech

Etymology

Deverbal from pokusit.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpokus]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

pokus m inan

  1. attempt, try
  2. experiment
    provést pokus ― to carry out an experiment

Declension
Declension of pokus (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative pokus pokusy
genitive pokusu pokusů
dative pokusu pokusům
accusative pokus pokusy
vocative pokuse pokusy
locative pokuse, pokusu pokusech
instrumental pokusem pokusy

Further reading
  • pokus in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • pokus in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • pokus in Internetová jazyková příručka

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.kus/
  • Rhymes: -ɔkus
  • Syllabification: po‧kus

Noun

pokus f

  1. genitive plural of pokusa

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pǒkus/
  • Hyphenation: po‧kus

Noun

pòkus m (Cyrillic spelling по̀кус)

  1. experiment
  2. rehearsal

Declension
Declension of pokus
singular plural
nominative pokus pokusi
genitive pokusa pokusa
dative pokusu pokusima
accusative pokus pokuse
vocative pokuse pokusi
locative pokusu pokusima
instrumental pokusom pokusima

Slovak

Etymology

Deverbal from pokúsiť, possibly borrowed from Czech.

Noun

pokus m inan (genitive singular pokusu, nominative plural pokusy, genitive plural pokusov)

  1. try, attempt

Declension
Declension of pokus
singular plural
nominative pokus pokusy
genitive pokusu pokusov
dative pokusu pokusom
accusative pokus pokusy
locative pokuse pokusoch
instrumental pokusom pokusmi

Further reading
  • “pokus”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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