пук

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [puk]

Etymology 1

From Old Church Slavonic пукъ (pukŭ), from Proto-Slavic *pǫkъ, from Proto-Indo-European *pank-. Compare Ukrainian пук (puk), Czech puk, Polish рęk.

Further cognates, per Vasmer, are Persian پنگ‎ (pang, “date palm”) and Latin pānus (“millet ear”).

Noun

пук • (puk) m inan (genitive пу́ка, nominative plural пуки́, genitive plural пуко́в)

  1. wisp, bunch, bundle, tuft
Declension
Declension of пук (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-c) 
singular plural
nominative пу́к
púk		 пуки́
pukí
genitive пу́ка
púka		 пуко́в
pukóv
dative пу́ку
púku		 пука́м
pukám
accusative пу́к
púk		 пуки́
pukí
instrumental пу́ком
púkom		 пука́ми
pukámi
prepositional пу́ке
púke		 пука́х
pukáx

Etymology 2

Noun

пук • (puk) m inan (genitive пу́ка, nominative plural пу́ки, genitive plural пу́ков)

  1. poot, fart (children’s speech)
Declension
Declension of пук (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative пу́к
púk		 пу́ки
púki
genitive пу́ка
púka		 пу́ков
púkov
dative пу́ку
púku		 пу́кам
púkam
accusative пу́к
púk		 пу́ки
púki
instrumental пу́ком
púkom		 пу́ками
púkami
prepositional пу́ке
púke		 пу́ках
púkax

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From earlier *puok, from older плк, from Proto-Slavic *pъlkъ, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *fulkaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pûːk/

Noun

пу̑к m (Latin spelling pȗk)

  1. folk, people
  2. (military, Serbia) regiment

Declension

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