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

Noun

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

  1. poot, fart (children’s speech)
Declension

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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