пук

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [puk]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic поукъ (pukŭ), from Proto-Slavic *pǫkъ, from Proto-Indo-European *pank-. Compare Ukrainian пук (puk), Czech puk, Polish pęk.

Further cognates, per Vasmer, are Persian پنگ (pang, date palm cluster) and Latin pānus (millet ear).

Noun

пук • (pukm inan (genitive пу́ка, nominative plural пуки́, genitive plural пуко́в)

  1. wisp, bunch, bundle, tuft
    • 1925, Михаил Булгаков [Mikhail Bulgakov], chapter 2, in Собачье сердце; English translation from Avril Pyman, transl., Heart of a Dog, Moscow: Raduga Publishers, 1990:
      Пёс дрема́л, тошнота́ прошла́, пёс наслажда́лся ути́хшим бо́ком и тепло́м, да́же всхрапну́л и успе́л уви́деть кусо́чек прия́тного сна: бу́дто бы он вы́рвал у совы́ це́лый пук пе́рьев из хвоста́...
      Pjos dremál, tošnotá prošlá, pjos naslaždálsja utíxšim bókom i teplóm, dáže vsxrapnúl i uspél uvídetʹ kusóček prijátnovo sna: búdto by on výrval u sový célyj puk pérʹjev iz xvostá...
      The dog dozed off again, he no longer felt sick, he was luxuriating in the absence of pain in his flank and the warmth and even gave a little snore and dreamt a fragment of an agreeable dream in which he managed to pull a whole bunch of feathers from the tale of that owl ...
Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

пук • (pukm inan (genitive пу́ка, nominative plural пу́ки, genitive plural пу́ков)

  1. poot, fart
Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From earlier *puok, from older плк, from Proto-Slavic *pъlkъ, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *fulkaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pûːk/

Noun

пу̑к m inan (Latin spelling pȗk)

  1. folk, people
  2. (military, Serbia) regiment

Declension

Declension of пук
singular plural
nominative пу̑к пу́кови / пу̑ци
genitive пу̑ка пу́кова / пу̑ка̄
dative пу̑ку пу́ковима / пу̑цима
accusative пу̑к пу́кове / пу̑ке
vocative пу̑че пу́кови / пу̑ци
locative пу̑ку пу́ковима / пу̑цима
instrumental пу̑ком пу́ковима / пу̑цима

Further reading

  • пук”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • пук”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025