Buk

See also: buk, BUK, búk, bûk, būk, bük, and ƀŭk

English

Alternative forms

BUK

Etymology

From Russian Бук (Buk, “codename for a missile system”), from бук (buk, “beech tree”). Doublet of beech.

Noun

Buk (plural Buks)

(military) A type of self-propelled anti-aircraft missile system from the Soviet Union.
- 1992, “New Priorities Set for Ground Forces Air Defense”‚ in Central Eurasia Joint Publications Research Service Report (Military Affairs n 40), Foreign Broadcast Information Service, p 17:
  But systems like our S-300 V, Buk-M1, Tor, and Osa actually destroyed all the targets with a single missile.
- 2008, Aviation News v 70, Saint Leonards-on-Sea, UK: HPC Publishing, p 5:
  A photo shows that the UAVs employed by Georgia are Hermes 450s and they have reportedly been downed by Buk SAMs.
- 2014, “Buk missile launcher, suspected in jetliner attack, requires skill to use”, CBSNews.com, July 18,
  Pentagon officials say the missile likely came from an SA-11 or SA-17 launch vehicle -- otherwise known as a "Buk." Both Russia and Ukraine have Buks, as do most other former Soviet Union states and China.

Synonyms

SA-11, SA-11 Gadfly
SA-17, SA-17 Grizzly

Translations

a type of self-propelled anti-aircraft missile system

Russian: Бук m (Buk)
Ukrainian: Бук m (Buk)

Anagrams

KUB

German Low German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [buːk]

Noun

Buk n (genitive Buke, dative Buke)

(in some dialects) alternative spelling of Buuk : stomach
(in some dialects) alternative spelling of Buuk : belly, abdomen

Polish

Etymology

From buk (“beech”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /buk/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -uk
Syllabification: Buk

Proper noun

Buk m pers or f

a masculine surname
a feminine surname

Declension

Masculine surname:

Declension of Buk

	singular	plural
nominative	Buk	Bukowie
genitive	Buka	Buków
dative	Bukowi	Bukom
accusative	Buka	Buków
instrumental	Bukiem	Bukami
locative	Buku	Bukach
vocative	Buku	Bukowie

The feminine surname is indeclinable.

Saterland Frisian

n Buk (1) fon n Geet.

n Mon springt uur dän Buk (2).

Etymology

From Old Frisian *buk, from Proto-West Germanic *bukk. Cognates include West Frisian bok and German Bock.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bʊk/
Hyphenation: Buk
Rhymes: -ʊk

Noun

Buk m (plural Bukke)

buck (male animal)
(gymnastics) buck

Usage notes

The word Buk is used for any four-legged animal which doesn't have a native gendered word for their male animal.

For instance, the word can't refer to a ram, since the word Rom (“ram”) already exists.

However, it can refer to a male mouse (see Muzebuk (“male mouse”)).

Hyponyms

Rom (“ram”)

Derived terms

Muzebuk

References

Marron C. Fort (2015), “Buk”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN