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луч

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Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic лучь (lučĭ), from Proto-Slavic *lučь (ray; torch), from Proto-Indo-European *lowkis, which is derived from *lewk-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɫut͡ɕ]
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Noun

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луч (lučm inan (genitive луча́, nominative plural лучи́, genitive plural луче́й, relational adjective лучево́й, diminutive лу́чик)

  1. ray, beam
    • 2013, Владимир Сорокин [Vladimir Sorokin], chapter XI, in Теллурия, Corpus; English translation from Max Lawton, transl., Telluria, New York Review Books, 2022:
      Жизнь на́ша – ра́дость, и́бо тела́ на́ши пропуска́ют лучи́ све́та госуда́рственного.
      Žiznʹ náša – rádostʹ, íbo telá náši propuskájut lučí svéta gosudárstvennovo.
      Our life is joy, for rays of the state’s light pass through our bodies.
  2. (anatomy) radius bone

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lučь, from Proto-Indo-European *lowkis, which is derived from *lewk-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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лу̑ч f (Latin spelling lȗč)

  1. (archaic) light

Declension

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Declension of луч
singular plural
nominative луч лучи
genitive лучи лучи
dative лучи лучима
accusative луч лучи
vocative лучи лучи
locative лучи лучима
instrumental лучи лучима

Further reading

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  • луч”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025