крюк

According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to twist, bend, turn”), see also Old Saxon kerian, Old Norse keyra (“to whip”), also Ancient Greek γέρδιος (gérdios, “weaver”).^[1]

According to Vasmer, the word is borrowed from Old Norse krókr, itself probably from the same Indo-European root.

• IPA^(key): [krʲuk]

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крюк • (krjuk) m inan (genitive крюка́, nominative plural крюки́ or крю́чья, genitive plural крюко́в or крю́чьев, diminutive крючо́к)

1. hook

   ру́ки-крю́ки (у кого́-либо)

   rúki-krjúki (u kovó-libo)

   (someone's) fingers are all thumbs

2. detour

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “крюк”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “крюк”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 448
• Shansky, N. M., editor (1982), “крюк”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, number 8 (К), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 423
• Krylov, G. A. (2004) “крюк”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “крюк”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

• IPA^(key): [krʲuk]

• Audio:

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Inherited from Old Ruthenian крюкъ, крукъ (krjuk, kruk), from Old Norse krókr, from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz.

крюк • (krjuk) m inan (genitive крюка́, nominative plural крюки́, genitive plural крюкі́в, relational adjective крю́ковий, diminutive крючо́к)

1. hook

   Synonym: гак (hak)

2. pike pole, gaff, boathook

   Synonym: баго́р (bahór)

3. fishhook, fishing hook

   Synonyms: гачо́к (hačók), гак (hak)

4. (colloquial, dated) pettifogger, nitpicker

   Synonym: бюрокра́т (bjurokrát)

5. (historical) kryuk (a symbol used in Znamenny Chant)

From Proto-Slavic *krukъ.

• (standard) крук m (kruk)

крюк • (krjuk) m animal (genitive крю́ка, nominative plural крюки́, genitive plural крюкі́в)

1. (dialectal) alternative form of крук (kruk) raven

   Synonym: во́рон m (vóron)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “крюк”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “крюк”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “крюк”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “крюк”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “крюк”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “крюк”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “крюк”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)