-luk

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [Term?].

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.
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