Czech

Noun

ruka f

1. hand

Declension

Synonyms

• pařát, pazour, pracka, tlapa

Related terms

Lower Sorbian

ruka

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rǫka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ránkāˀ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈruka/

Noun

ruka f ‎(diminutive rucka)

1. hand

Declension

Related terms

• rukajca f

References

• ruka in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
• ruka in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Mapudungun

Pronunciation

Noun

ruka ‎(using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. house

Descendants

• Spanish: ruca

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Molise Croatian

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian ruka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rǔːkḁ/

Noun

ruka f

1. hand

Declension

References

• Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale).

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rǫka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ránkāˀ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rǔːka/
• Hyphenation: ru‧ka

Noun

rúka f ‎(Cyrillic spelling ру́ка)

1. arm
2. hand

Declension

Derived terms

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rǫka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ránkāˀ.

Noun

ruka f ‎(genitive singular ruky, nominative plural ruky, declension pattern of žena)

1. The upper limb of a human, an arm
2. The hand of a human
3. The hand of a monkey
4. A device similar to a hand or functioning as one

   drevená ruka – a wooden hand (artificial limb)

5. handwriting

Declension

Derived terms

• rúčka f
• ručička f
• záruka f
• zručný -á -é

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rǫka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ránkāˀ.

Noun

ruka f

1. hand

Declension