sluka

== Czech == === Alternative forms === slouka (rare) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Czech sluka, from Proto-Slavic *slǫ̀ka. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈsluka] === Noun === sluka f (relational adjective slučí, diminutive slučka) woodcock ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “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), 2008–2026 == Old Czech == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slǫ̀ka. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈsɫuka/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈsluka/ === Noun === sluka f woodcock ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Czech: sluka === Further reading === Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “sluka”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění == Old Slovak == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slǫ̀ka. === Noun === sluka f woodcock === References === 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 == Swedish == === Verb === sluka (present slukar, preterite slukade, supine slukat, imperative sluka) to devour, to swallow (swallow (something big) all at once (almost) without chewing, sometimes hyperbolically) (figuratively) to devour with one's eyes or the like (figuratively) to use up a lot of something (figuratively) to swallow; to make something disappear without leaving a trace, especially about a swallow or chasm of the earth, or in the sea ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== slukhål ==== Related terms ==== uppslukad sluka med hull och hår === References === “sluka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) sluka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922) === Anagrams === Lukas, kulas, skula