lúka

See also: luka, Luka, Lūka, and Lūkā

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʉuːka/

Verb

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

1. to end, to finish

Conjugation

Conjugation of lúka (group v-40)

infinitive	lúka
supine	lokið
	present	past
first singular	lúki	leyk
second singular	lýkur	leykst
third singular	lýkur	leyk
plural	lúka	luku
participle (a26)1	lúkandi	lokin
	imperative
singular	lúk!
plural	lúkið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Noun

lúka f (genitive singular lúku, plural lúkur)

1. hatch

Declension

f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lúka	lúkan	lúkur	lúkurnar
accusative	lúku	lúkuna	lúkur	lúkurnar
dative	lúku	lúkuni	lúkum	lúkunum
genitive	lúku	lúkunnar	lúka	lúkanna

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluːka/
• Rhymes: -uːka

Noun

lúka f (genitive singular lúku, nominative plural lúkur)

1. hand (especially a large one)

   Synonym: hönd

2. handful

   Synonyms: handfylli, hnefi, hnefafylli

Declension

Declension of lúka (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lúka	lúkan	lúkur	lúkurnar
accusative	lúku	lúkuna	lúkur	lúkurnar
dative	lúku	lúkunni	lúkum	lúkunum
genitive	lúku	lúkunnar	lúka, lúkna	lúkanna, lúknanna

Derived terms

• vera með lífið í lúkunum, með lífið í lúkunum

Anagrams

• kúla

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• ljúka

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lūkaną.

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to shut
2. to end, bring to an end, finish, conclude [with dative]

   þá er menn hǫfðu lokit lǫgskilum at mæla

   when they had finished their pleading

3. (ditransitive) to pay

   Synonym: gjalda

4. (impersonal) to cause to end [with dative ‘something’] (idiomatically translated as "end" with the dative object as the subject)

   lýkr þar nú sǫgunni

   here the story ends

5. (reflexive) to be shut

Conjugation

Conjugation of lúka — active (strong class 2)

infinitive	lúka
present participle	lúkandi
past participle	lokinn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	lýk	lauk
2nd-person singular	lýkr	laukt
3rd-person singular	lýkr	lauk
1st-person plural	lúkum	lukum
2nd-person plural	lúkið	lukuð
3rd-person plural	lúka	luku
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	lúka	lyka
2nd-person singular	lúkir	lykir
3rd-person singular	lúki	lyki
1st-person plural	lúkim	lykim
2nd-person plural	lúkið	lykið
3rd-person plural	lúki	lyki
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	lúk
1st-person plural	lúkum
2nd-person plural	lúkið

Conjugation of lúka — mediopassive (strong class 2)

infinitive	lúkask
present participle	lúkandisk
past participle	lokizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	lúkumk	lukumk
2nd-person singular	lýksk	laukzk
3rd-person singular	lýksk	lauksk
1st-person plural	lúkumsk	lukumsk
2nd-person plural	lúkizk	lukuzk
3rd-person plural	lúkask	lukusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	lúkumk	lykumk
2nd-person singular	lúkisk	lykisk
3rd-person singular	lúkisk	lykisk
1st-person plural	lúkimsk	lykimsk
2nd-person plural	lúkizk	lykizk
3rd-person plural	lúkisk	lykisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	lúksk
1st-person plural	lúkumsk
2nd-person plural	lúkizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: lúka, ljúka
• Faroese: lúka
• Old Swedish: lūka
  • Swedish: lucka

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “lúka”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
• “lúka” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
• “ljúka” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lǫka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈluːka]

Noun

lúka f (relational adjective lúčny, diminutive lúčka)

1. meadow

Declension

Declension of lúka (pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	lúka	lúky
genitive	lúky	lúk
dative	lúke	lúkam
accusative	lúku	lúky
locative	lúke	lúkach
instrumental	lúkou	lúkami

Further reading

• “lúka”, 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, 2003–2025