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

Declension of pluk (velar masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	pluk	pluky
genitive	pluku	pluků
dative	pluku	plukům
accusative	pluk	pluky
vocative	pluku	pluky
locative	pluku	plucích
instrumental	plukem	pluky

Derived terms

• plukovník m

 

Further reading

• “pluk”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “pluk”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plʏk/

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• 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 (related adjective plukovný or plukový)

1. (military) regiment

Declension

Declension of pluk (pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	pluk	pluky
genitive	pluku	plukov
dative	pluku	plukom
accusative	pluk	pluky
locative	pluku	plukoch
instrumental	plukom	plukmi

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, 2003–2024