луч

See also: Appendix:Variations of "luc"

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic лучь (lučĭ), from Proto-Slavic *lučь (ray; torch), from Proto-Indo-European *lowkis, which is derived from *lewk-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɫut͡ɕ]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

луч • (lučm inan (genitive луча́, nominative plural лучи́, genitive plural луче́й, relational adjective лучево́й, diminutive лу́чик)

  1. ray, beam
    • 2013, Владимир Сорокин [Vladimir Sorokin], chapter XI, in Теллурия, Corpus; English translation from Max Lawton, transl., Telluria, New York Review Books, 2022:
      Жизнь на́ша – ра́дость, и́бо тела́ на́ши пропуска́ют лучи́ све́та госуда́рственного.
      Žiznʹ náša – rádostʹ, íbo telá náši propuskájut lučí svéta gosudárstvennovo.
      Our life is joy, for rays of the state’s light pass through our bodies.
  2. (anatomy) radius bone

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lučь, from Proto-Indo-European *lowkis, which is derived from *lewk-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lûːt͡ʃ/

Noun

лу̑ч f (Latin spelling lȗč)

  1. (archaic) light

Declension

Declension of луч
singular plural
nominative луч лучи
genitive лучи лучи
dative лучи лучима
accusative луч лучи
vocative лучи лучи
locative лучи лучима
instrumental лучи лучима

Further reading

  • луч”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025