kľuka

See also: kluka and Kluka

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kľuka.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈkluka/
IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈklika/

Noun

kľuka f

hook

Declension

Declension of kľuka (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	kľuka	kľucě	kľuky
genitive	kľuky	kľukú	kľuk
dative	kľucě	kľukama	kľukám
accusative	kľuku	kľucě	kľuky
vocative	kľuko	kľucě	kľuky
locative	kľucě	kľukú	kľukách
instrumental	kľukú	kľukama	kľukami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

Czech: klika

Further reading

Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “kľuka”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kľuka.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈkʎuka]

Noun

kľuka f (relational adjective kľukový)

door handle

Declension

Declension of *kľuka*
(pattern *žena*)
	singular	plural
nominative	kľuka	kľuky
genitive	kľuky	kľúk
dative	kľuke	kľukám
accusative	kľuku	kľuky
locative	kľuke	kľukách
instrumental	kľukou	kľukami

Further reading

“kľuka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025