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luik

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch luik, from Middle Dutch luke.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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luik (plural luike)

  1. hatch
  2. shutter

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lœy̯k/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: luik
  • Rhymes: -œy̯k

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch luke, from the (now obsolete) verb luiken. Cognate with German Luke.

Noun

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luik n (plural luiken, diminutive luikje n)

  1. hatch
  2. shutter
  3. (art) panel, as in a triptych
  4. (figuratively) first-rank section, part (of few), e.g. chapter of a plan
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: luik
  • Russian: люк (ljuk)
  • Sranan Tongo: loiki

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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luik

  1. inflection of luiken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Anagrams

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Estonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *luikkoi.

Noun

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luik (genitive luige, partitive luike)

  1. swan
  2. (Western) birch trumpet
    Synonyms: karjapasun, (Islands) tõri, (Tartu) piibar

Declension

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Declension of luik (ÕS type 22i/külm, k-g gradation)
singular plural
nominative luik luiged
accusative nom.
gen. luige
genitive luikede
partitive luike luiki
luikesid
illative luike
luigesse
luikedesse
luigisse
inessive luiges luikedes
luigis
elative luigest luikedest
luigist
allative luigele luikedele
luigile
adessive luigel luikedel
luigil
ablative luigelt luikedelt
luigilt
translative luigeks luikedeks
luigiks
terminative luigeni luikedeni
essive luigena luikedena
abessive luigeta luikedeta
comitative luigega luikedega

Further reading

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  • luik”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • luik in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Scots

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English lōcian, of West Germanic origin.

Noun

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luik (plural luiks)

  1. look
  2. examination, inspection

Verb

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luik (third-person singular simple present luiks, present participle luikin, simple past luikit, past participle luikit)

  1. to look
  2. to examine, inspect