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

A-Pucikwar edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Great Andamanese *luk.

Noun edit

luk

  1. channel (of water)
  2. path
  3. road
  4. strait

References edit

Czech edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

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  • Hyphenation: luk

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Old Czech luk, from Proto-Slavic *lǫkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lankás, from Proto-Indo-European *lenk- (to bend).

Noun edit

luk m inan

  1. bow (weapon)
    Meronyms: lučiště, tětiva
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

luk

  1. genitive plural of louka
    Synonym: louk

Further reading edit

  • luk in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • luk in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • luk in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish edit

Verb edit

luk

  1. imperative of lukke
  2. (interjection) shut it!, stop talking

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ʏk

Verb edit

luk

  1. inflection of lukken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams edit

Gothic edit

Romanization edit

luk

  1. Romanization of 𐌻𐌿𐌺

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain; perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lowkke (hole).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

luk (plural lukak)

  1. (folksy) Alternative form of lyuk

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative luk lukak
accusative lukat lukakat
dative luknak lukaknak
instrumental lukkal lukakkal
causal-final lukért lukakért
translative lukká lukakká
terminative lukig lukakig
essive-formal lukként lukakként
essive-modal
inessive lukban lukakban
superessive lukon lukakon
adessive luknál lukaknál
illative lukba lukakba
sublative lukra lukakra
allative lukhoz lukakhoz
elative lukból lukakból
delative lukról lukakról
ablative luktól lukaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
luké lukaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
lukéi lukakéi
Possessive forms of luk
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. lukam lukaim
2nd person sing. lukad lukaid
3rd person sing. luka lukai
1st person plural lukunk lukaink
2nd person plural lukatok lukaitok
3rd person plural lukuk lukaik

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • luk , redirecting to lyuk in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Middle English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch luc.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

luk (plural luckes)

  1. (Late Middle English, rare) good fortune; gain, profit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • English: luck
  • Yola: lhuck, looke

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Mokilese edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

luk

  1. knot

Polish edit

 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from German Luke.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

luk m inan

  1. (nautical) hatch, hatchway (hole that leads into a ship's hold)
    Masowce ładowane są przez luki.Bulk carriers are loaded through the hatchways.
  2. (nautical) bay, hold (compartment in a vehicle)
    Pracownik lotniska zatrzasnął się w luku bagażowym samolotu.An airport employee trapped himself in the cargo hold of an airplane.

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

adjective

Noun edit

luk f

  1. genitive plural of luka

Further reading edit

  • luk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • luk in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lukъ. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (to bend). Compare Low German look, Look, German Lauch, Swedish lök, English leek.

Noun edit

lȕk m (Cyrillic spelling лу̏к)

  1. onion
  2. (regional) garlic
  3. any Allium species
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lǫkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lankás, from Proto-Indo-European *lenk- (to bend). Cognate with Lithuanian lankas.

Noun edit

lȗk m (Cyrillic spelling лу̑к)

  1. bow (a weapon)
  2. arch
Declension edit

Slovak edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lǫkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lankás, from Proto-Indo-European *lenk- (to bend). Cognate with Lithuanian lankas.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

luk m inan (genitive singular luku, nominative plural luky, genitive plural lukov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. bow, a weapon to shoot arrows

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • luk”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene edit

Noun edit

luk

  1. genitive dual/plural of luka

Tok Pisin edit

Etymology edit

From English look.

Verb edit

luk intrans., transitive lukim

  1. to look

Derived terms edit

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