luk

From Proto-Great Andamanese *luk.

luk

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

• Juliette Blevins, Linguistic clues to Andamanese pre-history: Understanding the North-South divide, pg. 21 (2009)

• IPA^(key): [ˈluk]

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• Hyphenation: luk

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

luk m

1. bow (weapon)

   Meronyms: lučiště, tětiva

• šíp m

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

luk

1. genitive plural of louka

   Synonym: louk

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

luk

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

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• Rhymes: -ʏk

luk

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

• KUL

luk

1. Romanization of 𐌻𐌿𐌺

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈluk]
• Rhymes: -uk

luk (plural lukak)

1. (folksy) Alternative form of lyuk

• 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

• lucke

From Middle Dutch luc.

• IPA^(key): /luk/

luk (plural luckes)

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

• lukky

• English: luck
• Yola: lhuck, looke

• “luk, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Borrowed from German Luke, from Middle Low German lūke.

• IPA^(key): /luk/

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• Rhymes: -uk
• Syllabification: luk

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 (a compartment in a vehicle)

   Pracownik lotniska zatrzasnął się w luku bagażowym samolotu. ― An airport employee trapped himself in the cargo hold of an airplane.

luk f

1. genitive plural of luka

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

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

lȕk m (Cyrillic spelling лу̏к)

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

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

lȗk m (Cyrillic spelling лу̑к)

1. bow (a weapon)
2. arch

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɫuk/
• Homophone: Luk

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

1. bow, a weapon to shoot arrows

• lukostrelec

• luk in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

luk

1. genitive dual/plural of luka

From English look.

luk intrans., transitive lukim

1. look

• luksave

• lukluk
• lukim
• lukautim