viska

See also: viška, víska, and víská

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɪska]
• Hyphenation: vi‧s‧ka

Noun

viska f

1. (informal) alternative form of whisky

Declension

Declension of viska (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	viska	visky
genitive	visky	visek
dative	visce	viskám
accusative	visku	visky
vocative	visko	visky
locative	visce	viskách
instrumental	viskou	viskami

Further reading

• “viska”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “viska”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “viska”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse visk, from Proto-Germanic *wiskaz.

Verb

viska (third person singular past indicative viskaði, third person plural past indicative viskað, supine viskað)

1. to wipe

Conjugation

Conjugation of viska (group v-30)

infinitive	viska
supine	viskað
	present	past
first singular	viski	viskaði
second singular	viskar	viskaði
third singular	viskar	viskaði
plural	viska	viskaðu
participle (a6)1	viskandi	viskaður
	imperative
singular	viska!
plural	viskið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• vizka (dated)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vizka, compare Icelandic vit.

Noun

viska f (genitive singular visku, no plural)

1. wisdom

   Synonyms: vísdómur, speki

Declension

Declension of viska (sg-only feminine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	viska	viskan
accusative	visku	viskuna
dative	visku	viskunni
genitive	visku	viskunnar

Derived terms

• óviska (“foolishness”)
• sérviska
• viskulega (“wisely”)
• viskulegur (“wise”)
• viskumaður (“a wise man”)
• viskutré (“a tree of knowledge”)

References

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “viska”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *wiskijaną.

Verb

viska (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative viskaði, supine viskað)

1. used in set phrases

Derived terms

• viska út (“to erase, to wipe out”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• visket

Verb

viska

1. inflection of viske:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

viska (Cyrillic spelling виска)

1. genitive singular of visak

Swedish

Etymology

Related to Old Norse hvína (“to whistle, whizz”). Compare English whistle and whine.

Verb

viska (present viskar, preterite viskade, supine viskat, imperative viska)

1. to whisper (to talk in a quiet voice)
   • 2016, Lars Lönnroth, transl., Den poetiska Eddan, Atlantis, →ISBN, Vaftrudnes visdomstävlan (Vafþrúðnismál) §54:

     Vad viskade Oden / i Balders öra / innan han brändes på bål?

     What whispered Odin / in Baldr’s ear / before he was burned on the pyre?

Conjugation

Conjugation of viska (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	viska		viskas
supine	viskat		viskats
imperative	viska		—
imper. plural1	visken		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	viskar	viskade	viskas	viskades
ind. plural1	viska	viskade	viskas	viskades
subjunctive2	viske	viskade	viskes	viskades
present participle		viskande
past participle		viskad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Further reading

• “viska”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• viska in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• kivas, kvasi-, skiva, svika, vikas