бук

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [buk]
  • (file)

Etymology 1

Of onomatopoeic nature, cognate with Bulgarian буча (buča, to stomp, to thunder, to whiz), фуча (fuča, to blow, to whizz), букам (bukam, to rattle).

Interjection

бук • (buk)

  1. bang (loud blunt sound)
    Synonyms: бам (bam), дрън (drǎn)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *bukъ (beech), a borrowing from Proto-Germanic *bōkō.

Noun

бук • (buk) m (relational adjective бу́ков)

  1. beech, beech tree (tree of genus Fagus)
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from English "book"?”)

Noun

бук • (buk) m

  1. portfolio (model's photo album)
Declension

References

  • бук”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бук”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 87

Anagrams

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [buk]

Etymology 1

бук

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *buky, borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *bōkijā (beech).

Noun

бук • (buk) m inan (genitive бу́ка, nominative plural бу́ки, genitive plural бу́ков)

  1. beech
Declension
  • буковый (bukovyj)

Noun

бук • (buk) f anim pl

  1. genitive/accusative plural of бу́ка (búka)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From бу̏ка.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bûːk/

Noun

бу̑к m (Latin spelling bȗk)

  1. cascade, rapids, cataract
  2. waterfall
  3. the sound of a strong water stream

Declension

References

  • бук” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bukъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [buk]
  • (file)

Noun

бук • (buk) m inan (genitive бу́ка, nominative plural бу́ки, genitive plural бу́ків, relational adjective бу́ковий)

  1. beech (tree of the genus Fagus)
  2. (dialectal) stick (elongated piece of wood)
    Synonyms: ціпо́к m (cipók), па́лиця f (pálycja), кий m (kyj)

Declension

Further reading

Yakut

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian бук (buk).

Noun

бук • (buk)

  1. beech
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