luk

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

A-Pucikwar

Etymology

From Proto-Great Andamanese *luk.

Noun

luk

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

References

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈluk]
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  • Hyphenation: luk

Etymology 1

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

Noun

luk m inan

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

luk

  1. genitive plural of louka
    Synonym: louk

Further reading

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

Danish

Verb

luk

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ʏk

Verb

luk

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

Anagrams

Gothic

Romanization

luk

  1. Romanization of 𐌻𐌿𐌺

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈluk]
  • Rhymes: -uk

Noun

luk (plural lukak)

  1. (folksy) Alternative form of lyuk

Declension

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

Further reading

  • 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

Alternative forms

  • lucke

Etymology

From Middle Dutch luc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /luk/

Noun

luk (plural luckes)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: luck
  • Yola: lhuck, looke

References

Mokilese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈluk/

Noun

luk

  1. knot

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Luke.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /luk/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -uk
  • Syllabification: luk

Noun

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

Derived terms

adjective
  • lukowy

Noun

luk f

  1. genitive plural of luka

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

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

lȕk m (Cyrillic spelling лу̏к)

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

lȗk m (Cyrillic spelling лу̑к)

  1. bow (a weapon)
  2. arch
Declension

Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɫuk/
  • Homophone: Luk

Noun

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

  1. bow, a weapon to shoot arrows

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • 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

Noun

luk

  1. genitive dual/plural of luka

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English look.

Verb

luk intrans., transitive lukim

  1. to look

Derived terms

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