бук

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Of onomatopoeic nature, cognate with Bulgarian буча (buča, “to stomp, to thunder, to whiz”), фуча (fuča, “to blow, to whizz”), букам (bukam, “to rattle”).

бук • (buk)

1. bang (loud blunt sound)

   Synonyms: бам (bam), дрън (drǎn)

From Proto-Slavic *bukъ (“beech”), a borrowing from Proto-Germanic *bōkō.

бук • (buk) m (relational adjective бу́ков)

1. beech, beech tree (tree of genus Fagus)

• буковина (bukovina, “beech forest”)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from English "book"?”)

бук • (buk) m

1. portfolio (model's photo album)

• “бук”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бук”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 87

• куб (kub)

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *buky, borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *bōkijā (“beech”).

бук • (buk) m inan (genitive бу́ка, nominative plural бу́ки, genitive plural бу́ков)

1. beech

• буковый (bukovyj)

бук • (buk) f anim pl

1. genitive/accusative plural of бу́ка (búka)

• куб (kub)

From бу̏ка.

• IPA^(key): /bûːk/

бу̑к m (Latin spelling bȗk)

1. cascade, rapids, cataract
2. waterfall
3. the sound of a strong water stream

• “бук”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

 бук on Ukrainian Wikipedia

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bukъ.

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бук • (buk) m inan (genitive бу́ка, nominative plural бу́ки, genitive plural бу́ків, relational adjective бу́ковий)

1. beech (tree of the genus Fagus)
2. (dialectal) stick (elongated piece of wood)

   Synonyms: ціпо́к m (cipók), па́лиця f (pálycja), кий m (kyj)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “бук”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2010), “бук”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (а – бязь), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “бук”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “бук”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “бук”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “бук”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “бук”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)

Borrowed from Russian бук (buk).

бук • (buk)

1. beech