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Czech

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Sluka

Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech sluka, from Proto-Slavic *slǫ̀ka.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sluka f (related adjective slučí, diminutive slučka)

  1. woodcock

Declension

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Derived terms

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adjective
noun

Further reading

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  • sluka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • sluka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • sluka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Old Slovak

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slǫ̀ka.

Noun

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sluka f

  1. woodcock

References

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  • Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “sluka”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Swedish

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Verb

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sluka (present slukar, preterite slukade, supine slukat, imperative sluka)

  1. to devour, to swallow (swallow (something big) all at once (almost) without chewing, sometimes hyperbolically)
  2. (figuratively) to devour with one's eyes or the like
    Han slukade henne med blicken
    He devoured her with his eyes
  3. (figuratively) to use up a lot of something
    elslukande
    power-hungry ("electricity-devouring")
  4. (figuratively) to swallow; to make something disappear without leaving a trace, especially about a swallow or chasm of the earth, or in the sea

Conjugation

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