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)

   Synonym: hönd

2. handful

   Synonyms: 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. to end, bring to an end, finish, conclude [with dative]

   þá er menn hǫfðu lokit lǫgskilum at mæla

   when they had finished their pleading

3. (ditransitive) to pay

   Synonym: gjalda

4. (impersonal) to cause to end [with dative ‘something’] (idiomatically translated as "end" with the dative object as the subject)

   lýkr þar nú sǫgunni

   here the story ends

5. (reflexive) to be shut

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

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “lúka”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
• “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 (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lǫka.

• IPA^(key): [ˈluːka]

lúka f (relational adjective lúčny, diminutive lúčka)

1. meadow

• “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, 2003–2025