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  • Meaning “to husk”: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *luskati (to husk).
  • Meaning “to slam”: Expressive extension of the primary meaning, possibly partially onomatopoeic.

The palatal pronunciation of initial #лʲ- is expressive.

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лю́скам (ljúskam) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective лю́сна)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) to husk, to scale, to hull
  2. (transitive, colloquial) to slam, to bang, to smack

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