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)
2. handful

• (hand): hönd
• (handful): handfylli, hnefi, hnefafylli

• vera með lífið í lúkunum, með lífið í lúkunum

• kúla

• ljúka

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

   dǫgunum lýkr

   the days end

5. (reflexive) to be shut

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

• “lúka”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “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 — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

Inherited 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 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, 2024