luik

See also: Luik

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch luik, from Middle Dutch luke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lœy̯k/

Noun

luik (plural luike)

1. hatch
2. shutter

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lœy̯k/

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• Hyphenation: luik
• Rhymes: -œy̯k

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

• (shutter): blind, blinde

Derived terms

• drieluik
• scheepsluik
• rolluik
• tweeluik
• valluik

Descendants

• Afrikaans: luik
• → Russian: люк (ljuk)
  • → Armenian: լյուկ (lyuk)
  • → Georgian: ლიუკი (liuḳi)
  • → Ukrainian: люк (ljuk)
• → Sranan Tongo: loiki

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

luik

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

Anagrams

• Kuil, kuil

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *luikkoi.

Noun

luik (genitive luige, partitive luike)

1. swan
2. (Western) birch trumpet

   Synonyms: karjapasun, (Islands) tõri, (Tartu) piibar

Declension

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

• “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

Alternative forms

• leuk, luke

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Scots luke, from Northern Middle English luke, from Old English lōcian, from Proto-West Germanic *lōkōn.

Noun

luik (plural luiks)

1. look
2. examination, inspection

Verb

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

1. to look
   • 1983, William Lorimer, transl., The New Testament in Scots, Edinburgh: Canongate, published 2001, →ISBN, →OCLC, I Corinthians 13:12, page 298:

     Nou we ar like luikin in a mirror an seein aathing athraw, but than we s' luik aathing braid i the face. Nou I ken aathing hauflinsweys, but than I will ken aathing as weill as God kens me.

     Now it's like we're looking in a mirror and seeing everything skew-whiff, but then we'll look at everything straight up. Now I understand everything partially, but then I'll understand everything as well as God understands me.

2. to examine, inspect