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luik

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See also: Luik

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch luik, from Middle Dutch luke.

Pronunciation

Noun

luik (plural luike)

  1. hatch
  2. shutter

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lœy̯k/
  • Audio:(file)
  • 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
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: luik
  • Russian: 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

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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

More information Declension of (ÕS type 22i/külm, k-g gradation), singular ...

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

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
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