пук

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Russian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic поукъ (pukŭ), from Proto-Slavic *pǫkъ, from Proto-Indo-European *pank-. Compare Ukrainian пук (puk), Czech puk, Polish рęk.

Further cognates, per Vasmer, are Persian پنگ (pang, date palm cluster) and Latin pānus (millet ear).

Noun

пук (pukm inan (genitive пу́ка, nominative plural пуки́, genitive plural пуко́в)

  1. wisp, bunch, bundle, tuft
Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

пук (pukm inan (genitive пу́ка, nominative plural пу́ки, genitive plural пу́ков)

  1. poot, fart
Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From earlier *puok, from older плк, from Proto-Slavic *pъlkъ, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *fulkaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

пу̑к m (Latin spelling pȗk)

  1. folk, people
  2. (military, Serbia) regiment

Declension