pluk

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch plukken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plœk/

Verb

pluk (present pluk, present participle plukkende, past participle gepluk)

  1. (transitive) to pick, to pluck

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pъlkъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpluk]

Noun

pluk m inan

  1. (military) regiment

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plʏk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: pluk
  • Rhymes: -ʏk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch pluc. Equivalent to a deverbal from plukken.

Noun

pluk m (plural plukken, diminutive plukje n)

  1. a handful, a tuft
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: plukkie

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pluk

  1. inflection of plukken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Middle English

Verb

pluk

  1. alternative form of plukken

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pъlkъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pluk]

Noun

pluk m inan (relational adjective plukovný or plukový)

  1. (military) regiment

Declension

Declension of pluk
(pattern dub)
singularplural
nominativeplukpluky
genitiveplukuplukov
dativeplukuplukom
accusativeplukpluky
locativeplukuplukoch
instrumentalplukomplukmi

Further reading

  • pluk”, 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