kruka

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkru.ka/
  • Rhymes: -uka
  • Syllabification: kru‧ka

Noun

kruka m anim

  1. genitive/accusative singular of kruk

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowing from Middle Low German krūke, from Old Saxon krūka, from Proto-Germanic *krogu (“pot, pitcher”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from a Proto-Indo-European root shared with Old Armenian կարաս (karas, “pitcher, large jar”), Ancient Greek κρωσσός (krōssós, “pitcher”), but the phonetics are problematic. Also compare Old Irish croiccenn (“skin”).[1][2]

Compare German Kruke, Danish krukke and Icelandic krukka.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkrʉːˌka/

Noun

kruka c

  1. a pot (clay vessel, especially one for flowers)
  2. (colloquial) a coward

Declension
Declension of kruka 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kruka krukan krukor krukorna
Genitive krukas krukans krukors krukornas

References
  1. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “crock”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “kruka”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page crog

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