Buk

• BUK

From Russian Бук (Buk, “codename for a missile system”), from бук (buk, “beech tree”). Doublet of beech.

Buk (plural Buks)

1. (military) A type of self-propelled anti-aircraft missile system from the Soviet Union.
   • 1992, “New Priorities Set for Ground Forces Air Defense”‚ in Central Eurasia Joint Publications Research Service Report (Military Affairs n 40), Foreign Broadcast Information Service, p 17:

     But systems like our S-300 V, Buk-M1, Tor, and Osa actually destroyed all the targets with a single missile.

   • 2008, Aviation News v 70, Saint Leonards-on-Sea, UK: HPC Publishing, p 5:

     A photo shows that the UAVs employed by Georgia are Hermes 450s and they have reportedly been downed by Buk SAMs.

   • 2014, “Buk missile launcher, suspected in jetliner attack, requires skill to use”, CBSNews.com, July 18,

     Pentagon officials say the missile likely came from an SA-11 or SA-17 launch vehicle -- otherwise known as a "Buk." Both Russia and Ukraine have Buks, as do most other former Soviet Union states and China.

• SA-11, SA-11 Gadfly
• SA-17, SA-17 Grizzly

• KUB

• IPA^(key): [buːk]

Buk n (genitive Buke, dative Buke)

1. (in some dialects) alternative spelling of Buuk : stomach
2. (in some dialects) alternative spelling of Buuk : belly, abdomen

From buk.

• IPA^(key): /buk/

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• Rhymes: -uk
• Syllabification: Buk
• Homophones: bóg, Bóg, Bug, buk

Buk m inan (related adjective bukowski)

1. Buk (a town in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland)
2. Buk (a village in the Gmina of Gołcza, Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland)
3. Buk (a village in the Gmina of Cisna, Lesko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland)
4. Buk (a village in the Gmina of Przybiernów, Goleniów County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)
5. Buk (a village in the Gmina of Dobra, Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)

Buk m pers

1. a male surname

Buk f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

• Buk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Buk in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Buk in PWN's encyclopedia
• “Buk”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

From Old Frisian *buk, from Proto-West Germanic *bukk. Cognates include West Frisian bok and German Bock.

• IPA^(key): /bʊk/
• Hyphenation: Buk
• Rhymes: -ʊk

Buk m (plural Bukke)

1. buck (male animal)
2. (gymnastics) buck

• The word Buk is used for any four-legged animal which doesn't have a native gendered word for their male animal.

For instance, the word can't refer to a ram, since the word Rom (“ram”) already exists.

However, it can refer to a male mouse (see Muzebuk (“male mouse”)).

• Rom (“ram”)

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “Buk”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN