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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *neukъ.

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неук (neuk) (comparative понеук, superlative најнеук, abstract noun неукост)

  1. uneducated, ignorant

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Serbo-Croatian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /něuk/
  • Hyphenation: не‧ук

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нѐук (Latin spelling nèuk, definite нѐукӣ, comparative неукији)

  1. ignorant, uneducated, unschooled

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Ukrainian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *neukъ. By surface analysis, не- (ne-) +‎ -ук (-uk), combining form of учи́ти (učýty).

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не́ук (néukm pers (genitive не́ука, nominative plural не́уки, genitive plural не́уків)

  1. (colloquial) ignoramus, know-nothing
    Synonyms: неві́глас m (nevíhlas), незна́йко m (neznájko), профа́н m (profán), (literary, dated) анальфабе́т m (analʹfabét)
  2. untrained horse, horse that has not been broken in

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