luk

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See also: Luk, Luk., lúk, lük, lūk, łuk, luk-, -luk, -lük, and лук

A-Pucikwar

Etymology

From Proto-Great Andamanese *luk.

Noun

luk

  1. channel (of water)
  2. path
  3. road
  4. strait

References

Czech

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: luk

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech luk, from Proto-Slavic *lǫkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lankás, from Proto-Indo-European *lenk- (“to bend”).

Noun

luk m inan

  1. bow (weapon)
    Meronyms: lučiště, tětiva
Declension
Declension of luk (velar masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative luk luky
genitive luku luků
dative luku lukům
accusative luk luky
vocative luku luky
locative luku lucích
instrumental lukem luky
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

luk

  1. genitive plural of louka
    Synonym: louk

Further reading

  • luk in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • luk in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • luk in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Verb

luk

  1. imperative of lukke
  2. (interjection) shut it!, stop talking

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʏk

Verb

luk

  1. inflection of lukken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams

Gothic

Romanization

luk

  1. Romanization of 𐌻𐌿𐌺

Hungarian

Etymology

Uncertain; perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lowkke (“hole”).

Pronunciation

Noun

luk (plural lukak)

  1. (folksy) Alternative form of lyuk

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative luk lukak
accusative lukat lukakat
dative luknak lukaknak
instrumental lukkal lukakkal
causal-final lukért lukakért
translative lukká lukakká
terminative lukig lukakig
essive-formal lukként lukakként
essive-modal — —
inessive lukban lukakban
superessive lukon lukakon
adessive luknál lukaknál
illative lukba lukakba
sublative lukra lukakra
allative lukhoz lukakhoz
elative lukból lukakból
delative lukról lukakról
ablative luktól lukaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		luké lukaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		lukéi lukakéi
Possessive forms of luk
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. lukam lukaim
2nd person sing. lukad lukaid
3rd person sing. luka lukai
1st person plural lukunk lukaink
2nd person plural lukatok lukaitok
3rd person plural lukuk lukaik

Derived terms

Further reading

  • luk , redirecting to lyuk in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Dutch luc.

Pronunciation

Noun

luk (plural luckes)

  1. (Late Middle English, rare) good fortune; gain, profit

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: luck
  • Yola: lhuck, looke

References

Mokilese

Pronunciation

Noun

luk

  1. knot

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Borrowed from German Luke.

Pronunciation

Noun

luk m inan

  1. (nautical) hatch, hatchway (hole that leads into a ship's hold)
    Masowce ładowane są przez luki. ― Bulk carriers are loaded through the hatchways.
  2. (nautical) bay, hold (compartment in a vehicle)
    Pracownik lotniska zatrzasnął się w luku bagażowym samolotu. ― An airport employee trapped himself in the cargo hold of an airplane.

Declension

Declension of luk
singular plural
nominative luk luki
genitive luku luków
dative lukowi lukom
accusative luk luki
instrumental lukiem lukami
locative luku lukach
vocative luku luki

Derived terms

adjective

Noun

luk f

  1. genitive plural of luka

Further reading

  • luk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • luk in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lukъ. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend”). Compare Low German look, Look, German Lauch, Swedish lök, English leek.

Noun

lȕk m (Cyrillic spelling лу̏к)

  1. onion
  2. (regional) garlic
  3. any Allium species
Declension
Declension of luk
singular plural
nominative luk lukovi
genitive luka lukova
dative luku lukovima
accusative luk lukove
vocative luče lukovi
locative luku lukovima
instrumental lukom lukovima

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lǫkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lankás, from Proto-Indo-European *lenk- (“to bend”). Cognate with Lithuanian lankas.

Noun

lȗk m (Cyrillic spelling лу̑к)

  1. bow (a weapon)
  2. arch
Declension
Declension of luk
singular plural
nominative lȗk lúkovi
genitive luka lúkōvā
dative luku lukovima
accusative luk lukove
vocative luče lukovi
locative luku lukovima
instrumental lukom lukovima

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lǫkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lankás, from Proto-Indo-European *lenk- (“to bend”). Cognate with Lithuanian lankas.

Pronunciation

Noun

luk m inan (genitive singular luku, nominative plural luky, genitive plural lukov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. bow, a weapon to shoot arrows

Declension

Declension of luk
singular plural
nominative luk luky
genitive luku lukov
dative luku lukom
accusative luk luky
locative luku lukoch
instrumental lukom lukmi

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “luk”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

Noun

luk

  1. genitive dual/plural of luka

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English look.

Verb

luk intrans., transitive lukim

  1. to look

Derived terms

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