pokus

Czech

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Etymology

Deverbal from pokusit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpokus]

• Audio:

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Noun

pokus m inan

1. attempt, try
2. experiment

   provést pokus ― to carry out an experiment

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	pokus	pokusy
genitive	pokusu	pokusů
dative	pokusu	pokusům
accusative	pokus	pokusy
vocative	pokuse	pokusy
locative	pokuse, pokusu	pokusech
instrumental	pokusem	pokusy

Declension of pokus (hard masculine inanimate)

Related terms

• pokusit
• pokusně
• pokusný

Further reading

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

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

Related terms

• pokušaj
• pokušati

Further reading

• “pokus”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovak

Etymology

Deverbal from pokúsiť, possibly borrowed from Czech.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔkus]

Noun

pokus m inan

1. try, attempt

Declension

Declension of pokus
(pattern dub)

	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, 2003–2025