-lük

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See also: luk, Luk, lūk, łuk, -luk, luk-, and Luk.

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

Suffix

preceding vowel
A / I E / Ə / İ O / U Ö / Ü
-lıq -lik -luq -lük

-lük

  1. Form of -lik after the vowels Ö or Ü.
    1. -ness
      ‎hündür (“high, tall”) + ‎-lük → ‎hündürlük (“tallness, height”)
    2. -hood
    3. -ship
    4. ... container
      ‎göz (“eye”) + ‎-lük → ‎gözlük (“glasses”)
    5. -ity
      ‎ölümsüz (“immortal”) + ‎-lük → ‎ölümsüzlük (“immortality”)

Derived terms

See -lik.

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ـلك.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-lük

  1. Form of -lik after the vowels Ö / Ü.
    ‎kötü (“bad”) + ‎-lük → ‎kötülük (“badness”)
    ‎diktatör (“dictator”) + ‎-lük → ‎diktatörlük (“dictatorship”)
    ‎göz (“eye”) + ‎-lük → ‎gözlük (“spectacles”)
    ‎ölümsüz (“immortal”) + ‎-lük → ‎ölümsüzlük (“immortality”)
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