Habakuk

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Habakuk m

1. (religion) Habakkuk

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Habakuk m (proper noun, strong, genitive Habakuks)

1. (religion) Habakkuk

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew חֲבַקּוּק (ḥăḇaqqūq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒbɒkuk]
• Hyphenation: Ha‧ba‧kuk
• Rhymes: -uk

Proper noun

Habakuk

1. (religion) Habakkuk (a Jewish prophet of the Old Testament; author of the book that bears his name)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Habakuk	Habakukok
accusative	Habakukot	Habakukokat
dative	Habakuknak	Habakukoknak
instrumental	Habakukkal	Habakukokkal
causal-final	Habakukért	Habakukokért
translative	Habakukká	Habakukokká
terminative	Habakukig	Habakukokig
essive-formal	Habakukként	Habakukokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Habakukban	Habakukokban
superessive	Habakukon	Habakukokon
adessive	Habakuknál	Habakukoknál
illative	Habakukba	Habakukokba
sublative	Habakukra	Habakukokra
allative	Habakukhoz	Habakukokhoz
elative	Habakukból	Habakukokból
delative	Habakukról	Habakukokról
ablative	Habakuktól	Habakukoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	Habakuké	Habakukoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Habakukéi	Habakukokéi

Possessive forms of Habakuk
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Habakukom	Habakukjaim
2nd person sing.	Habakukod	Habakukjaid
3rd person sing.	Habakukja	Habakukjai
1st person plural	Habakukunk	Habakukjaink
2nd person plural	Habakukotok	Habakukjaitok
3rd person plural	Habakukjuk	Habakukjaik

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew חֲבַקּוּק (Ḥăḇaqqūq). The name perhaps comes from חָבַק (Ḥāḇaq, “embrace”), or perhaps from Akkadian 𒄩𒄠𒁀𒄣𒄣 (Ḫambaqūqu [Ḫa-am-ba-qu-qu], “garden herb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaˈba.kuk/

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• Rhymes: -akuk
• Syllabification: Ha‧ba‧kuk

Proper noun

Habakuk m pers

1. (rare) a male given name, equivalent to English Habakkuk

Declension

Declension of Habakuk

	singular	plural
nominative	Habakuk	Habakukowie
genitive	Habakuka	Habakuków
dative	Habakukowi	Habakukom
accusative	Habakuka	Habakuków
instrumental	Habakukiem	Habakukami
locative	Habakuku	Habakukach
vocative	Habakuku	Habakukowie

Further reading

Habakuk in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Proper noun

Habakuk m pers

1. (religion) Habakkuk

Further reading

• “Habakuk”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xabakúːk/

Proper noun

Habakȗk m anim

1. (religion) Habakkuk

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nominative	Habakúk
genitive	Habakúka
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Habakúk
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Habakúka
dative (dajȃlnik)	Habakúku
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Habakúka
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Habakúku
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Habakúkom