Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [Term?].
Suffix
-luk (Cyrillic spelling -лук)
- (informal) Functions similarly to -anje, -enje, -ost and -ština.
- divljaluk — divljanje
- bezobràzluk — bezobràština, bezòbraznōst
Derived terms
Turkish
Suffix
-luk
- -ness
- soğuk (“cold”) + -luk → soğukluk (“coldness”)
- -hood
- çocuk (“child”) + -luk → çocukluk (“childhood”)
- -ship
- dost (“friend”) + -luk → dostluk (“friendship”)
- ... container
- tuz (“salt”) + -luk → tuzluk (“caster”)
- -ity
- sonsuz (“endless”) + -luk → sonsuzluk (“eternity”)
Usage notes
- It may change to -lık, -lik, -lük depending on the last vowel of the word.