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Estonian
Etymology
Possibly from Russian листка́ (listká, gen. sg.), form of Russian листо́к (listók, “small slip of paper”), diminutive of лист (list).
Pronunciation
Noun
liisk (genitive liisu, partitive liisku)
- lot (an agreed action to make a decision for or against someone)
- liisk on langenud ― the die is cast
- (historical) a draw used to determine army conscripts in the Russian Empire until 1914
1926, A. H. Tammsaare, chapter XXIX, in Tõde ja õigus I [Truth and Justice I] (Tõde ja õigus; I), Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, published 1974, →ISBN, page 304:Sügisel liisku minnes oli Jaagup peenike nagu piibuork: ei andnud mõõtu täis ja jäeti teiseks aastaks.- By autumn, when Jaagup was to be conscripted, he was as thin as a pipe cleaner. He was found unfit for service and released until the following year.
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References
- liisk in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “liisk”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009