-luk

See also: Appendix:Variations of "luk"

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ـلق.

Suffix

-luk (Cyrillic spelling -лук)

1. (informal) Functions similarly to -nje, -ost and -ština.

   divljaluk — divljanje

   bezobràzluk — bezobràština, bezòbraznōst

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian terms suffixed with -luk

bezobrazluk

divljaluk

dunjaluk

dušmanluk

krkanluk

marifetluk

tuzluk

тузлук

фишеклија

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ـلق (-luk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɫuk/

Suffix

-luk

1. Form of -lik after the vowels O / U.

   ‎soğuk (“cold”) + ‎-luk → ‎soğukluk (“coldness”)

   ‎çocuk (“child”) + ‎-luk → ‎çocukluk (“childhood”)

   ‎dost (“friend”) + ‎-luk → ‎dostluk (“friendship”)

   ‎tuz (“salt”) + ‎-luk → ‎tuzluk (“caster”)

   ‎sonsuz (“endless”) + ‎-luk → ‎sonsuzluk (“eternity”)