sluka

• slouka (rare)

Inherited from Old Czech sluka, from Proto-Slavic *slǫ̀ka.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsluka]

sluka f (relational adjective slučí, diminutive slučka)

1. woodcock

• “sluka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “sluka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “sluka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slǫ̀ka.

sluka f

1. woodcock

• Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “sluka”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

sluka (present slukar, preterite slukade, supine slukat, imperative sluka)

1. to devour, to swallow (swallow (something big) all at once (almost) without chewing, sometimes hyperbolically)
2. (figuratively) to devour with one's eyes or the like

   Han slukade henne med blicken

   He devoured her with his eyes

3. (figuratively) to use up a lot of something

   elslukande

   power-hungry ("electricity-devouring")

4. (figuratively) to swallow; to make something disappear without leaving a trace, especially about a swallow or chasm of the earth, or in the sea

• slukhål

• uppslukad
• sluka med hull och hår

• sluka in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• sluka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• Lukas, kulas, skula