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Macedonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ـلق (Turkish -luk).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-лук • (-luk) m
- Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun.
- кукавица (kukavica) + -лук (-luk) → кукавичлук (kukavičluk)
- без (bez) + образ (obraz) + -лук (-luk) → безобразлук (bezobrazluk)
- дуња (dunja) + -лук (-luk) → дуњалук (dunjaluk)
Derived terms
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ـلق (Turkish -luk).
Suffix
-лук (Latin spelling -luk)
- (informal) Functions similarly to -ање, -ење, -ост and -штина.
- дивљалук — дивљање
- безобра̀злук — безобра̀штина, безо̀бразно̄ст