Luke

See also: luke, lûke, and lǚkè

English[edit]

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Luke

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Alternative forms[edit]

(Gospel of Luke): Luk., Lk (abbreviation), Luc. (rare abbreviation)

Etymology[edit]

From Latin Lūcās, from Koine Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs) or a shortened form of Lūcius.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /luːk/
Audio (UK) (file)
Rhymes: -uːk
Homophone: look (Scotland; some of Northern England)

Proper noun[edit]

Luke

A male given name
- 2005 Dallas Hudgens, Drive Like Hell, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 94:
  "Your parents like Cool Hand Luke, yes?" "I don't really know. Why?" "Why? Because they name you Luke." I was worried I might have to explain that my name wasn't all that uncommon, and, anyway, Claudia had named me after the alter ego of Hank Williams, Luke the Drifter.
Luke the Evangelist, an early Christian credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Colossians 4:14:
  :
  Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
(biblical) The Gospel of St. Luke, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the third of the four gospels.
An English surname originating as a patronymic, a variant of Luck.
An Irish surname originating as a patronymic, a later anglicization of Lúcás (Lucas).
A village in Čajniče, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
A village in Hadžići, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
A village in Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
A village in Tartu, Estonia.
A village in Kriva Palanka, North Macedonia.
A village in Moravica district, Serbia.
A town in Maryland, United States; named for papermaker William Luke.

Derived terms[edit]

Luke-Acts

Related terms[edit]

(given name): Luca, Lucas, Luka

surnames

Translations[edit]

given name

Afrikaans: Lukas (af)
Aghwan: 𐔾𐕒𐕡𐕄𐔰𐕚 (luḳas)
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܘܼܩܵܐ‎ (Luqa)

Hebrew: לוקא‎ (Lūqā’)

Syriac: ܠܘܩܐ‎ (Lūqā’)
Armenian: Ղուկաս (hy) (Łukas)
Old Armenian: Ղուկաս (Łukas)
Aromanian: Luca m
Basque: Lukas (eu)
Breton: Lukaz (br) m
Catalan: Lluc (ca)
Cebuano: Lucas
Chinese:
Mandarin: 盧克, 卢克 (Lúkè)

Min Dong: 路加 (Lô-gă)
Corsican: Lucca (co)
Czech: Lukáš (cs)
Danish: Lukas
Dutch: Lukas (nl)
Esperanto: Luko
Estonian: Luukas
Finnish: Luukas (fi)
French: Luc (fr)
Galician: Lucas (gl) m
Georgian: ლუკა (luḳa)
German: Lukas (de)
Greek: Λουκάς (el) m (Loukás)
Hawaiian: Luka
Hungarian: Lukács (hu)
Icelandic: Lúkas (is) m
Ido: Lukas (io) m
Indonesian: Lukas
Irish: Lúcás (ga)

Italian: Luca (it)
Japanese: ルーク (ja) (Rūku)
Latin: Lucas (la)
Latvian: Lūkas m, Lūka (lv) m
Limburgish: Lucas
Lithuanian: Lukas
Macedonian: Лу́ка m (Lúka)
Maltese: Luqa (mt)
Maori: Ruka (mi)
Norwegian: Lukas (no)
Occitan: Luc m
Persian: لوکاس‎ (Lukâs)
Polish: Łukasz (pl)
Portuguese: Lucas (pt) m
Romanian: Luca (ro)
Russian: Лука́ (ru) m (Luká), Люк (ru) m (Ljuk) (transliteration)
Scots: Luke
Scottish Gaelic: Lùcas (gd) m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Лука

Roman: Luka (sh)
Slovak: Lukáš m
Slovene: Luka (sl) m
Spanish: Lucas (es)
Swahili: Luka (sw)
Swedish: Lukas (sv)
Tagalog: Lucas (tl) m
Tigrinya: ሉቃስ (luḳas)
Waray-Waray: Lucas
Welsh: Luc (cy) m
West Frisian: Lukas
Wolof: Luug
Zealandic: Lucas

evangelist

Afrikaans: Lukas (af)
Aghwan: 𐔾𐕒𐕡𐕄𐔰𐕚 (luḳas)
Arabic: لُوقَا‎ (lūqā)
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܘܼܩܵܐ‎ (Luqa)

Hebrew: לוקא‎ (Lūqā’)

Syriac: ܠܘܩܐ‎ (Lūqā’)
Armenian: Ղուկաս (hy) (Łukas)
Old Armenian: Ղուկաս (Łukas)
Basque: Lukas (eu)
Breton: Lukaz (br) m
Caló: Lucas
Catalan: Lluc (ca)
Cebuano: Lucas
Chinese:
Min Dong: 路加 (Lô-gă)
Corsican: Lucca (co)
Czech: Lukáš (cs)
Danish: Lukas
Dutch: Lucas (nl)
Estonian: Luukas
Finnish: Luukas (fi)
French: Luc (fr)
Georgian: ლუკა (luḳa)
German: Lukas (de)
Gothic: 𐌻𐌿𐌺𐌰𐍃 m (lukas)
Greek: Λουκάς (el) m (Loukás)
Ancient: Λουκᾶς m (Loukâs)
Hawaiian: Luka
Hungarian: Lukács (hu)
Icelandic: Lúkas (is) m
Ido: Lukas (io) m

Italian: Luca (it)
Japanese: ルーク (ja) (Rūku)
Kazakh: Лұқа (Luqa)
Korean: 루카 (Ruka)
Latin: Lūcās (la) m
Latvian: Lūkas m, Lūka (lv) m
Limburgish: Lucas
Lithuanian: Lukas m
Macedonian: Лу́ка m (Lúka)
Norwegian: Lukas (no)
Old English: Lūcas m
Persian: لوقا‎ (fa) (Luqâ)
Polish: Ewangelia Łukasza
Portuguese: Lucas (pt) m
Romanian: Luca (ro) m
Russian: Лука́ (ru) m (Luká)
Scots: Luke
Scottish Gaelic: Lùcas (gd) m
Sinhalese: ධර්මදූත ලූක් තුමා (dharmadūta lūk tumā)
Slovak: Lukáš m
Slovene: Luka (sl) m
Spanish: Lucas (es)
Swahili: Luka (sw)
Swedish: Lukas (sv)
Tagalog: Lucas (tl) m
Thai: ลูกา
Tigrinya: ሉቃስ (luḳas)
Vietnamese: Luca (Catholic), Lu-ca (Protestant)
Waray-Waray: Lucas
Welsh: Luc (cy) m
West Frisian: Lukas
Wolof: Luug
Zealandic: Lucas

gospel of Luke

Afrikaans: Lukas (af)
Aghwan: 𐔾𐕒𐕡𐕄𐔰𐕚𐔼 𐕌𐕒𐕡𐕟𐕒𐕡𐕙 𐕃𐕒𐕡𐔳𐔰𐕘𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎 (luḳasi muc̣'ur ʒ́udaġesun)
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܸܘܲܢܓܸܠܝܼܘܼܢ ܕܠܘܼܩܵܐ‎ (iwāngiliyun d-Luqa)

Hebrew: כרוזותא דלוקא‎ (Kārōzūtā’ d'Lūqā’)

Syriac: ܟܪܘܙܘܬܐ ܕܠܘܩܐ‎ (Kārōzūtā’ d'Lūqā’)
Armenian: Ավետարան ըստ Ղուկասի (Avetaran əst Łukasi)
Basque: Lukas (eu)
Breton: Lukaz (br) m
Burmese: ရှင်လုကာခရစ်ဝင် (hranglu.kahka.rac-wang)
Catalan: Lluc (ca)
Cebuano: Lucas
Chinese:
Cantonese: 路加福音 (lou⁶ gaa¹ fuk¹ jam¹)

Hakka: 路加福音 (Lu-kâ Fuk-yîm)

Mandarin: 路加福音 (zh) (Lùjiā Fúyīn)

Min Dong: 路加福音 (Lô-gă Hók Ĭng)

Min Nan: 路加福音 (Lō͘-ka Hok-im)
Corsican: Lucca (co)
Czech: Lukáš (cs)
Danish: Lukasevangeliet n (definitive form)
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} Evangelie naar Lucas
Estonian: Luuka m
Finnish: Luukkaan evankeliumi
French: ^{(please verify)} Évangile selon Luc (fr) , ^{(please verify)} Lc
Georgian: ლუკას სახარება (luḳas saxareba)
German: ^{(please verify)} das Evangelium nach Lukas , ^{(please verify)} Lk (de)
Greek: κατά Λουκάν ευαγγέλιον n (katá Loukán evangélion)
Hawaiian: Luka
Hindi: लूका (hi) (lūkā)
Hungarian: Lukács (hu)
Icelandic: Lúkas (is) m
Ido: Lukas (io) m
Irish: Soiscéal Naofa Íosa Críost de réir Lúcáis m, Soiscéal Lúcáis m, Lúcás (ga) m
Italian: Luca (it)
Japanese: ルカによる福音書 (Ruka ni yoru fukuinsho)

Kazakh: Лұқа (Luqa)
Korean: 루카 복음서 (Ruka bogeumseo)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: لۆقا‎ (loqa)
Latin: Lucas (la) m
Latvian: Lūka (lv) m
Limburgish: Lucas
Lithuanian: Evangelija pagal Luką (lt) f
Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} Евангелие според Лука n (Evangelie spored Luka)
Maori: Ruka (mi)
Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} Evangeliet etter Lukas (no) , ^{(please verify)} Luk (no)
Persian: لوقا‎ (fa) (luqâ)
Polish: Ewangelia Łukasza
Portuguese: Lucas (pt) m
Romanian: Luca (ro) m
Russian: Евангелие от Луки n (Jevangelije ot Luki)
Scots: Luke
Scottish Gaelic: Soisgeul Lùcais m
Slovak: Lukáš m
Slovene: Luka (sl) m
Spanish: Lucas (es) m
Swahili: Luka (sw)
Swedish: Lukasevangeliet, Luk. (sv)
Tagalog: Lucas (tl) m
Thai: ลูกา
Urdu: لوقا‎
Vietnamese: Luca (Catholic), Lu-ca (Protestant)
Waray-Waray: Lucas
Welsh: Luc (cy) m, Yr Efengyl yn ôl Sant Luc f
West Frisian: Lukas
Zealandic: Lucas

villages in Bosnia and Serbia

Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Луке

Latin: Luke (sh)

village in North Macedonia

Albanian: Lluka
French: Louké

Macedonian: Луке (Luke)
Polish: Łuke

Anagrams[edit]

leku, leuk-

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Middle Low German lūke. Cognate with Dutch luik (“hatch”) and more distantly with German Loch (“hole”) and Lücke (“gap”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈluːkə/
Audio (file)
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Noun[edit]

Luke f (genitive Luke, plural Luken)

hatch (opening in the ceiling/floor of a room, in the deck of a ship, etc.)
Die Luke zum Dachboden klemmt. ― The hatch to the attic is jammed.

Der Kapitän öffnete die Luke und sah nach draußen. ― The captain opened the hatch and looked outside.

Declension[edit]

Declension of Luke [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Luke	die	Luken
genitive	einer	der	Luke	der	Luken
dative	einer	der	Luke	den	Luken
accusative	eine	die	Luke	die	Luken

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