чук

See also: чӳк and ћук

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čukъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃu̟k]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation(key): чук

Noun

чук • (čukm

  1. hammer
    удари́ пиро́на с чу́ка
    udarí piróna s čúka
    hit the nail with the hammer

Declension

Declension of чук
singular plural
indefinite чук
čuk
чу́кове
čúkove
definite
(subject form)
чу́кът
čúkǎt
чу́ковете
čúkovete
definite
(object form)
чу́ка
čúka
count form чу́ка
čúka

References

  • чук”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • чук”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Southern Selkup

Regional variants of чук
Chumel dialects
Narym чук (čuk)
Tyuj dialects
Upper Ob тук, шук (tuk, šuk)

Etymology

From Proto-Selkup *čuk, Proto-Samoyedic *cuk. Can also be semantically influenced by Russian жук (žuk).

Cognate with Kamassian тхӱʼ (tʰüʔ).

Pronunciation

Noun

чук (čuk) (Narym)

  1. insect, bug

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • I. A. Korobeynikova (2020) “чук”, in Родное слово [Native word], Tomsk: Аграф-Пресс; Вайар, →ISBN, page 126