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-luk

-luk

See also: luk, Luk, lūk, łuk, luk-, Luk., and -lük

Serbo-Croatian

Suffix

-luk ‎(Cyrillic spelling -лук)

  1. (informal) Functions similarly to -anje, -enje, -ost and -ština.
    divljaluk — divljanje
    bezobràzluk — bezobràština, bezòbraznōst

Derived terms

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Turkish

Suffix

-luk

  1. -ness
    soğuk ‎(“cold”) + ‎-luk → ‎soğukluk ‎(“coldness”)
  2. -hood
    çocuk ‎(“child”) + ‎-luk → ‎çocukluk ‎(“childhood”)
  3. -ship
    dost ‎(“friend”) + ‎-luk → ‎dostluk ‎(“friendship”)
  4. ... container
    tuz ‎(“salt”) + ‎-luk → ‎tuzluk ‎(“caster”)
  5. -ity
    sonsuz ‎(“endless”) + ‎-luk → ‎sonsuzluk ‎(“eternity”)

Usage notes

  • It may change to -lık, -lik, -lük depending on the last vowel of the word.

Etymology

Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish [Term?].

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