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крюк

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According to Pokorny, fromProto-Indo-European*gers-(“to twist, bend, turn”), see alsoOld Saxonkerian,Old Norsekeyra(“to whip”), alsoAncient Greekγέρδιος(gérdios,“weaver”).^[1]

According to Vasmer, the word is borrowed fromOld Norsekrókr, itself probably from the same Indo-European root.

• IPA^(key):[krʲuk]

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крюк• (krjuk) m inan (genitiveкрюка́,nominative pluralкрюки́orкрю́чья,genitive pluralкрюко́вorкрю́чьев,diminutiveкрючо́к)

1. hook

   ру́ки-крю́ки (укого́-либо)

   rúki-krjúki (u kovó-libo)

   (someone's) fingers are all thumbs

2. detour

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “крюк”, inOleg Trubachyov, transl.,Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “крюк”, inИсторико-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1(а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang.,→ISBN, page448
• Shansky, N. M., editor (1982), “крюк”, inЭтимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, number 8(К), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page423
• Krylov, G. A. (2004) “крюк”, inЭтимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory,→ISBN

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “крюк”, inТолковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographerWolf, M. O.

UkrainianWikipedia has an article on:

крюк

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Inherited fromOld Ruthenianкрюкъ,крукъ(krjuk, kruk), fromOld Norsekrókr, fromProto-Germanic*krōkaz.

крюк• (krjuk) m inan (genitiveкрюка́,nominative pluralкрюки́,genitive pluralкрюкі́в,relational adjectiveкрю́ковий,diminutiveкрючо́к)

1. hook

   Synonym:гак(hak)

2. pike pole,gaff,boathook

   Synonym:баго́р(bahór)

3. fishhook,fishing hook

   Synonyms:гачо́к(hačók),гак(hak)

4. (colloquial,dated)pettifogger,nitpicker

   Synonym:бюрокра́т(bjurokrát)

5. (historical)kryuk(a symbol used inZnamenny Chant)

FromProto-Slavic*krukъ.

• (standard)крук m(kruk)

крюк• (krjuk) m animal (genitiveкрю́ка,nominative pluralкрюки́,genitive pluralкрюкі́в)

1. (dialectal)alternative form ofкрук(kruk)raven

   Synonym:во́рон m(vóron)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “крюк”, inСловник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv:Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “крюк”, inСловник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15(а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund,→ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “крюк”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “крюк”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “крюк”, inГорох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “крюк”, inKyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “крюк”, inСловник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)

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