крюк

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Russian

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крюк

Etymology

According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (to twist, bend, turn), see also Old Saxon kerian, Old Norse keyra (to whip), also Ancient Greek γέρδιος (gérdios, weaver).[1]

According to Vasmer, the word is borrowed from Old Norse krókr, itself probably from the same Indo-European root.

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Noun

крюк (krjukm inan (genitive крюка́, nominative plural крюки́ or крю́чья, genitive plural крюко́в or крю́чьев, diminutive крючо́к)

  1. hook
    ру́ки-крю́ки (у кого́-либо)
    rúki-krjúki (u kovó-libo)
    (someone's) fingers are all thumbs
  2. detour

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References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “392-93”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 392-93
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “крюк”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “крюк”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 448
  • Shansky, N. M., editor (1982), “крюк”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, number 8 (К), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 423

Ukrainian

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Ruthenian крюкъ, крукъ (krjuk, kruk), from Old Norse krókr, from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz.

Noun

крюк (krjukm inan (genitive крюка́, nominative plural крюки́, genitive plural крюкі́в, relational adjective крю́ковий, diminutive крючо́к)

  1. hook
    Synonym: гак (hak)
  2. pike pole, gaff, boathook
    Synonym: баго́р (bahór)
  3. fishhook, fishing hook
    Synonyms: гачо́к (hačók), гак (hak)
  4. (colloquial, dated) pettifogger, nitpicker
    Synonym: лицемі́р (lycemír)
  5. (historical) kryuk (a symbol used in Znamenny Chant)
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Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *krukъ.

Alternative forms

Noun

крюк (krjukm animal (genitive крю́ка, nominative plural крюки́, genitive plural крюкі́в)

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of крук (kruk) raven
    Synonym: во́рон m (vóron)
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