-luk

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [Term?].

Suffix

-luk (Cyrillic spelling -лук)

  1. (informal) Functions similarly to -anje, -enje, -ost and -ština.
    divljalukdivljanje
    bezobràzlukbezobràština, bezòbraznōst

Derived terms


Turkish

Suffix

-luk

  1. -ness
    soğuk (cold) + ‎-luk → ‎soğukluk (coldness)
  2. -hood
    çocuk (child) + ‎-luk → ‎çocukluk (childhood)
  3. -ship
    dost (friend) + ‎-luk → ‎dostluk (friendship)
  4. ... container
    tuz (salt) + ‎-luk → ‎tuzluk (caster)
  5. -ity
    sonsuz (endless) + ‎-luk → ‎sonsuzluk (eternity)

Usage notes

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