-luk

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

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-luk/ [-lʊʰk]

Clitic

-luk

1. Postconsonantal form of -lluk

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “...(l)luk”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ـلق.

Suffix

-luk (Cyrillic spelling -лук)

1. (informal) Functions similarly to -anje, -enje, -ost and -ština.

   divljaluk — divljanje

   bezobràzluk — bezobràština, bezòbraznōst

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian terms suffixed with -luk

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ـلق (-luk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɫuk/

Suffix

-luk

1. Form of -lik after the vowels O / U.

   ‎soğuk (“cold”) + ‎-luk → ‎soğukluk (“coldness”)

   ‎çocuk (“child”) + ‎-luk → ‎çocukluk (“childhood”)

   ‎dost (“friend”) + ‎-luk → ‎dostluk (“friendship”)

   ‎tuz (“salt”) + ‎-luk → ‎tuzluk (“caster”)

   ‎sonsuz (“endless”) + ‎-luk → ‎sonsuzluk (“eternity”)