duk

See also: dük

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

See medio-passive voice form duket (it seems like, appears like).

Noun

duk

  1. virtue
  2. attribute

Verb

duk (aorist duk, participle dukur), active voice

  1. it seemed
  2. it looked like
  3. it appeared

Conjugation

(*): Gheg forms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /duk/ [d̪uk]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -uk
  • Hyphenation: duk

Verb

duk

  1. Informal second-person singular masculine (hik), taking third-person singular (hura) as direct object, present indicative form of izan.
  2. Masculine allocutive form of da.

Usage notes

Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form edun instead of izan.

Danish

Verb

duk

  1. imperative of dukke

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch doek, from Middle Dutch doec, from Old Dutch *duok, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʊk̚/
  • Hyphenation: duk

Noun

duk (first-person possessive dukku, second-person possessive dukmu, third-person possessive duknya)

  1. a piece of cloth:
    1. cloth menstrual pad.
    2. (surgery, colloquial) drape.

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

Clipping of duduk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /duk/
  • Rhymes: -uk

Verb

duk

  1. Alternative form of duduk.

Further reading

Mauritian Creole

Noun

duk

  1. Alternative spelling of douk

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French duc, from Latin dux.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diu̯k/, /duk/

Noun

duk (plural dukes)

  1. leader, guide, boss
  2. commander, general
  3. noble, lord (especially of high rank)
  4. duke (rank of nobility)
    • p. 1154, “AD 1129”, in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (MS. Laud Misc. 636, continuation), Peterborough, folio 87, verso; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 2018 February 8:
      ſe an ƿæſ ᵹehaten petruſ · he ƿæſ munec of clunni ·⁊ ƿeaſ boren of þa ricceſte men of rome · mid him helden ða of rome ·⁊ ſe duc of ſicilie ·
      One was called Peter; he was a monk from Cluny who was descended from Rome's most powerful men. The people of Rome and the duke of Sicily sided with him.

Descendants

  • English: duke
  • Scots: duik, duke
  • Breton: duk
  • Cornish: duk
  • Irish: diúc
  • Manx: duic
  • Scottish Gaelic: diùc
  • Welsh: dug

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse dúkr and Middle Low German duk.

Noun

duk m (definite singular duken, indefinite plural duker, definite plural dukene)

  1. a cloth, tablecloth, altar cloth, dropcloth etc.
  2. canvas, tarpaulin
  3. bandana, handkerchief
  4. metal sieve

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse dúkr and Middle Low German duk.

Noun

duk m (definite singular duken, indefinite plural dukar, definite plural dukane)

  1. a cloth, tablecloth, altar cloth, dropcloth etc.
  2. canvas, tarpaulin
  3. bandana, handkerchief
  4. metal sieve

Derived terms

References

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *-Cuk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʊk/
  • Rhymes: -dʊk
  • Hyphenation: duk

Noun

duk

  1. stab, thrust
  2. while
  3. (black) fibre of the sugar palm

Derived terms

Adverb

duk

  1. just while

Further reading

  • "duk" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pangutaran Sama

Noun

duk

  1. garbage

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse dúkr, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dwōg-, *dwōk-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʉːk/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ʉːk

Noun

duk c

  1. tablecloth; a piece of cloth used for protection of a table or for decoration

Declension

Declension of duk 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative duk duken dukar dukarna
Genitive duks dukens dukars dukarnas

Further reading

Uzbek

Noun

duk (plural duklar)

  1. rapping, banging, tapping, thumping noise
  2. spindle
    Synonym: yig

Declension

* Note: The type of possessive is not specified.

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