luik

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch luik, from Middle Dutch luke.

Pronunciation

Noun

luik (plural luike)

  1. hatch
  2. shutter

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lœy̯k/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: luik
  • Rhymes: -œy̯k

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch luke, from the (now obsolete) verb luiken. Cognate with German Luke.

Noun

luik n (plural luiken, diminutive luikje n)

  1. hatch
  2. shutter
  3. (art) panel, as in a triptych
  4. (figuratively) first-rank section, part (of few), e.g. chapter of a plan
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: luik
  • Russian: люк (ljuk)
  • Sranan Tongo: loiki

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

luik

  1. inflection of luiken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Anagrams

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *luikkoi.

Noun

luik (genitive luige, partitive luike)

  1. swan
  2. (Western) birch trumpet
    Synonyms: karjapasun, (Islands) tõri, (Tartu) piibar

Declension

Declension of luik (ÕS type 22i/külm, k-g gradation)
singular plural
nominative luik luiged
accusative nom.
gen. luige
genitive luikede
partitive luike luiki
luikesid
illative luike
luigesse
luikedesse
luigisse
inessive luiges luikedes
luigis
elative luigest luikedest
luigist
allative luigele luikedele
luigile
adessive luigel luikedel
luigil
ablative luigelt luikedelt
luigilt
translative luigeks luikedeks
luigiks
terminative luigeni luikedeni
essive luigena luikedena
abessive luigeta luikedeta
comitative luigega luikedega

Further reading

  • luik”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • luik in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Scots luke, from Northern Middle English luke, from Old English lōcian, from Proto-West Germanic *lōkōn.

Noun

luik (plural luiks)

  1. look
  2. examination, inspection

Verb

luik (third-person singular simple present luiks, present participle luikin, simple past luikit, past participle luikit)

  1. to look
    • 1983, William Lorimer, transl., The New Testament in Scots, Edinburgh: Canongate, published 2001, →ISBN, →OCLC, I Corinthians 13:12, page 298:
      Nou we ar like luikin in a mirror an seein aathing athraw, but than we s' luik aathing braid i the face. Nou I ken aathing hauflinsweys, but than I will ken aathing as weill as God kens me.
      Now it's like we're looking in a mirror and seeing everything skew-whiff, but then we'll look at everything straight up. Now I understand everything partially, but then I'll understand everything as well as God understands me.
  2. to examine, inspect