lut

See also: lût, lüt, lụt, and łūt

Albanian

Alternative forms

• lus

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *lutśi-, from Proto-Indo-European *leuT-. Cognate to Latin laudo (“to praise”), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸𐍉𐌽 (liuþōn, “to sing”). Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *leud 'to bend, bent, small'. Compare Lithuanian liūstù (“be sad”), Old English lutian (“hide, conceal lie, lurk”), lȳt (“small”), Gothic 𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍉𐌽 (lutōn, “cheat, deceive”), Old Norse ljotr (“ugly”).

Noun

lut

1. to beg, pray, request

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• lutu, alut, alutu

Etymology

From Latin lutum. Compare Daco-Romanian lut.

Noun

lut

1. clay, loam

Related terms

• lutos

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German lute (“lute”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lut/, [lud̥]

Noun

lut c (singular definite lutten, plural indefinite lutter)

1. lute

Inflection

Declension of lut

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lut	lutten	lutter	lutterne
genitive	luts	luttens	lutters	lutternes

Further reading

• lut on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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French

Etymology 1

Verb

lut

1. third-person singular past historic of lire

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin lutum (“mud”).

Noun

lut m (plural luts)

1. lute; slip

Further reading

• “lut” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Related to the verb lauge

Noun

lut f, m (definite singular luta or luten, uncountable)

1. lye (alkaline solution)

Derived terms

• lutefisk
• natronlut

References

• “lut” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʉːt/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hlutr.

Noun

lut m (definite singular luten, indefinite plural luter or lutar, definite plural lutene or lutane)

1. a part

Synonyms

• del

Etymology 2

Related to the verb lauga.

Noun

lut m, f (definite singular luten or luta, uncountable)

1. lye (alkaline liquid)

Derived terms

• lutefisk
• natronlut

References

• “lut” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz, whence also Old English hlūd.

Adjective

lūt

1. loud

Derived terms

• lūtī

Descendants

• German: laut

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lut/

• Audio

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• Homophones: lód, lud

Noun

lut m inan

1. solder joint
2. solder

Declension

declension of lut

	singular	plural
nominative	lut	luty
genitive	lutu	lutów
dative	lutowi	lutom
accusative	lut	luty
instrumental	lutem	lutami
locative	lucie	lutach
vocative	lucie	luty

Further reading

• lut in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin lutum (“mud”).

Noun

lut n (plural luturi)

1. clay, loam

Synonyms

• argilă, humă

Related terms

• lutos

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Swedish

Noun

lut (uncountable)

1. lye (a strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium or sodium salts)

   Från filtret går luten tillbaks till kokaren

   From the filter, the lye returns to the boiler

2. inclination, the degree of sloping

Declension

Declension of lut 1
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	lut	luten	—	—
Genitive	luts	lutens	—	—

Declension of lut 2
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	lut	lutet	—	—
Genitive	luts	lutets	—	—

Derived terms

• luta
• lutfisk
• lutning
• medlut
• motlut
• natronlut

See also

• ligga på lut

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Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from German Luft (“air”). (The 'f' removed because it wouldn't quite conform to Volapük phonotactics, and would make the word appear too a posteriori.)

Noun

lut (uncountable luts)

1. air

Declension

    declension of lut

	singular
nominative	lut
genitive	luta
dative	lute
accusative	luti
predicative	lutu
vocative	o lut!