fuks

See also: füks

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• Fuchs, Fugs, fuksch, fòcks, vucks

Etymology

From Old High German fuhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos (“the tailed one”). Cognate with German Fuchs, Dutch vos, English fox, also Sanskrit पुच्छ (puccha, “tail”), Tocharian B päkā (“tail, chowry”).

Noun

fuks m

1. (Formazza) fox

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuks/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

fuks m inan

1. (colloquial) an unexpected success, a fluke

Declension

Declension of fuks

	singular	plural
nominative	fuks	fuksy
genitive	fuksa	fuksów
dative	fuksowi	fuksom
accusative	fuks	fuksy
instrumental	fuksem	fuksami
locative	fuksie	fuksach
vocative	fuksie	fuksy

Synonyms

• (fluke): szczęście, łut szczęścia, fart

Further reading

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