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lúka

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See also: luka, lụka, Luka, Lūka, and Lūkā

Faroese

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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lúka (third person singular past indicative leyk, third person plural past indicative luku, supine lokið)

  1. to end, to finish

Conjugation

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Conjugation of lúka (group v-40)
infinitive lúka
supine lokið
present past
first singular lúki leyk
second singular lýkur leykst
third singular lýkur leyk
plural lúka luku
participle (a26)1 lúkandi lokin
imperative
singular lúk!
plural lúkið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Noun

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lúka f (genitive singular lúku, plural lúkur)

  1. hatch

Declension

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f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lúka lúkan lúkur lúkurnar
accusative lúku lúkuna lúkur lúkurnar
dative lúku lúkuni lúkum lúkunum
genitive lúku lúkunnar lúka lúkanna

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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lúka f (genitive singular lúku, nominative plural lúkur)

  1. hand (especially a large one)
    Synonym: hönd
  2. handful
    Synonyms: handfylli, hnefi, hnefafylli

Declension

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Declension of lúka (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lúka lúkan lúkur lúkurnar
accusative lúku lúkuna lúkur lúkurnar
dative lúku lúkunni lúkum lúkunum
genitive lúku lúkunnar lúka, lúkna lúkanna, lúknanna

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *lūkaną.

Verb

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lúka (singular past indicative lauk, plural past indicative luku, past participle lokinn)

  1. (transitive) to shut
  2. to end, bring to an end, finish, conclude [with dative]
    þá er menn hǫfðu lokit lǫgskilum at mæla
    when they had finished their pleading
  3. (ditransitive) to pay
    Synonym: gjalda
  4. (impersonal) to cause to end [with dative ‘something’] (idiomatically translated as "end" with the dative object as the subject)
    lýkr þar nú sǫgunni
    here the story ends
  5. (reflexive) to be shut

Conjugation

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Conjugation of lúka — active (strong class 2)
infinitive lúka
present participle lúkandi
past participle lokinn
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular lýk lauk lúka lyka
2nd person singular lýkr laukt lúkir lykir
3rd person singular lýkr lauk lúki lyki
1st person plural lúkum lukum lúkim lykim
2nd person plural lúkið lukuð lúkið lykið
3rd person plural lúka luku lúki lyki
imperative present
2nd person singular lúk
1st person plural lúkum
2nd person plural lúkið
Conjugation of lúka — mediopassive (strong class 2)
infinitive lúkask
present participle lúkandisk
past participle lokizk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular lúkumk lukumk lúkumk lykumk
2nd person singular lýksk laukzk lúkisk lykisk
3rd person singular lýksk lauksk lúkisk lykisk
1st person plural lúkumsk lukumsk lúkimsk lykimsk
2nd person plural lúkizk lukuzk lúkizk lykizk
3rd person plural lúkask lukusk lúkisk lykisk
imperative present
2nd person singular lúksk
1st person plural lúkumsk
2nd person plural lúkizk

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: lúka, ljúka
  • Faroese: lúka
  • Old Swedish: lūka

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “lúka”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
  • “lúka” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
  • “ljúka” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

Slovak

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Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lǫka.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lúka f (relational adjective lúčny, diminutive lúčka)

  1. meadow

Declension

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Declension of lúka
(pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativelúkalúky
genitivelúkylúk
dativelúkelúkam
accusativelúkulúky
locativelúkelúkach
instrumentallúkoulúkami

Further reading

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  • lúka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025