óskað

óskað is an Icelandic past participle and adjective derived from the verb óska, meaning to wish or to request. In contemporary Icelandic it appears chiefly in formal or administrative language. As a past participle it is used in passive constructions to mark that a wish or a request has been made. For example, in a document you might read: "Það var óskað eftir frekari upplýsingum" — "Further information was requested." In this use, óskað functions as the passive participle modifying the surrounding clause, depending on sentence structure.

In everyday speech, the term is relatively uncommon; speakers often replace it with phrases such as "varð beðið eftir" or "beiðni var gerð" to express a request, or use noun forms like "ósk" to refer to a wish. The sense 'wished' can also appear in literary or historical contexts to mean that someone wished for something, but this usage is less frequent in modern prose.

Etymology: óskað is formed from the verb óska, with the standard past participle suffix -ð. The form is used to indicate a completed act of wishing or requesting in passive constructions.

See also: óska (to wish), beiðni (request), óskir (wishes).