-luk

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Turkish -luk.

Suffix

-luk (Cyrillic spelling -лук)

1. (regional, informal) Functions similarly to -anje, -enje (e.g. divljaluk instead of divljanje), -ost and -ština (e.g. bezobrazluk instead of bezobraština or bezobraznost).

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Turkish

Suffix

-luk

1. -ness

   soğuk > soğukluk - (cold > coldness)

2. -hood

   çocuk > çocukluk - (child > childhood)

3. -ship

   dost > dostluk - (friend > friendship)

4. ... container

   tuz > tuzluk - (salt > caster)

5. -ity

   sonsuz > sonsuzluk - (endless > eternity)

Usage notes

• It may change to -lık, -lik, -lük depending on the last vowel of the word.