lúka

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʉuːka/

lúka (third person singular past indicative leyk, third person plural past indicative luku, supine lokið)

1. to end, to finish

lúka f (genitive singular lúku, plural lúkur)

1. hatch

• IPA^(key): /ˈluːka/
• Rhymes: -uːka

lúka f (genitive singular lúku, nominative plural lúkur)

1. hand (especially a large one) ^syn.
2. handful ^syn.

• (hand): ^def. hönd
• (handful): ^def. handfylli, hnefi, hnefafylli

• vera með lífið í lúkunum, með lífið í lúkunum

• kúla

From Proto-Germanic *lūkaną.

lúka (singular past indicative lauk, plural past indicative luku, past participle lokinn)

1. (transitive) to shut
2. (with dative) to end, bring to an end, finish, conclude
   • þá er menn hǫfðu lokit lǫgskilum at mæla

     when they had finished their pleading

3. (ditransitive) to pay

   Synonym: gjalda

4. (intransitive, with dative) to be at an end
   • lýkr þar nú sǫgunni

     here the story ends

5. (reflexive) to be shut

• lúka in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

From Proto-Slavic *lǫka.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɫuːka/

lúka f (genitive singular lúky, nominative plural lúky, genitive plural lúk, declension pattern of žena)

1. meadow

• lúčny
• lúčka

• lúka in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk