sluka

See also: Sluka and Sľúka

Czech

Sluka

Alternative forms

• slouka (rare)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech sluka, from Proto-Slavic *slǫ̀ka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsluka]

Noun

sluka f (relational adjective slučí, diminutive slučka)

1. woodcock

Declension

Declension of sluka (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	sluka	sluky
genitive	sluky	sluk
dative	sluce	slukám
accusative	sluku	sluky
vocative	sluko	sluky
locative	sluce	slukách
instrumental	slukou	slukami

Derived terms

adjective

• slučí

noun

• slučka

Further reading

• “sluka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “sluka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “sluka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slǫ̀ka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈsɫuka/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈsluka/

Noun

sluka f

1. woodcock

Declension

Declension of sluka (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	sluka	slucě	sluky
genitive	sluky	slukú	sluk
dative	slucě	slukama	slukám
accusative	sluku	slucě	sluky
vocative	sluko	slucě	sluky
locative	slucě	slukú	slukách
instrumental	slukú	slukama	slukami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Descendants

• Czech: sluka

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “sluka”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Old Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slǫ̀ka.

Noun

sluka f

1. woodcock

References

• Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “sluka”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Swedish

Verb

sluka (present slukar, preterite slukade, supine slukat, imperative sluka)

1. to devour, to swallow (swallow (something big) all at once (almost) without chewing, sometimes hyperbolically)
2. (figuratively) to devour with one's eyes or the like

   Han slukade henne med blicken

   He devoured her with his eyes

3. (figuratively) to use up a lot of something

   elslukande

   power-hungry ("electricity-devouring")

4. (figuratively) to swallow; to make something disappear without leaving a trace, especially about a swallow or chasm of the earth, or in the sea

Conjugation

Conjugation of sluka (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	sluka		slukas
supine	slukat		slukats
imperative	sluka		—
imper. plural1	sluken		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	slukar	slukade	slukas	slukades
ind. plural1	sluka	slukade	slukas	slukades
subjunctive2	sluke	slukade	slukes	slukades
present participle		slukande
past participle		slukad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• slukhål

Related terms

• uppslukad
• sluka med hull och hår

References

• “sluka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• sluka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• Lukas, kulas, skula