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Auk
Webster 1828 Edition
Auk
AUK
,Noun.
Definition 2024
auk
auk
English
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Auks, Aethia psittacula
Alternative forms
Noun
auk (plural auks)
Synonyms
Translations
seabird of the family Alcidae
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *augô. Cognate to Finnish aukko and Votic aukko.
Noun
auk (genitive augu, partitive auku)
Declension
Declension of auk (type riik)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | auk | augud |
genitive | augu | aukude |
partitive | auku | auke / aukusid |
illative | auku / augusse | aukudesse |
inessive | augus | aukudes |
elative | august | aukudest |
allative | augule | aukudele |
adessive | augul | aukudel |
ablative | augult | aukudelt |
translative | auguks | aukudeks |
terminative | auguni | aukudeni |
essive | auguna | aukudena |
abessive | auguta | aukudeta |
comitative | auguga | aukudega |
Derived terms
- must auk
- auklik
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [øyːk]
- Rhymes: -øyːk
Preposition
auk
- (governs the genitive) in addition to
Derived terms
- að auki, þar að auki (besides, moreover)
- auk heldur
- auk þess heldur, aukin heldur
- auk þess