sluka

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Czech

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Sluka

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech sluka, from Proto-Slavic *slǫ̀ka.

Pronunciation

Noun

sluka f

  1. woodcock

Declension

Declension of sluka (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative sluka sluky
genitive sluky sluk
dative sluce slukám
accusative sluku sluky
vocative sluko sluky
locative sluce slukách
instrumental slukou slukami

Derived terms

adjective
noun

Further reading

  • “sluka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “sluka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “sluka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Old Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slǫ̀ka.

Noun

sluka f

  1. woodcock

References

  • Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “sluka”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Swedish

Verb

sluka (present slukar, preterite slukade, supine slukat, imperative sluka)

  1. to devour, to swallow (swallow (something big) all at once (almost) without chewing, sometimes hyperbolically)
  2. (figuratively) to devour with one's eyes or the like
    Han slukade henne med blicken
    He devoured her with his eyes
  3. (figuratively) to use up a lot of something
    elslukande
    power-hungry ("electricity-devouring")
  4. (figuratively) to swallow; to make something disappear without leaving a trace, especially about a swallow or chasm of the earth, or in the sea

Conjugation

Conjugation of sluka (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive sluka slukas
Supine slukat slukats
Imperative sluka —
Imper. plural1 sluken —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative slukar slukade slukas slukades
Ind. plural1 sluka slukade slukas slukades
Subjunctive2 sluke slukade slukes slukades
Participles
Present participle slukande
Past participle slukad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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