kruka

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkru.ka/
• Rhymes: -uka
• Syllabification: kru‧ka

Noun

kruka m animal

1. genitive/accusative singular of kruk

Swedish

en kruka (blomkruka (“flowerpot”))

Etymology

Borrowing from Middle Low German krûke, from Old Saxon krūka, from Proto-West Germanic *krūkā (“pot, pitcher”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from a Proto-Indo-European root shared with Old Armenian կարաս (karas, “pitcher, large jar”), Ancient Greek κρωσσός (krōssós, “pitcher”), but the phonetics are problematic. Also compare Old Irish croiccenn (“skin”).

Compare German Kruke, Danish krukke and Icelandic krukka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrʉːˌka/

Noun

kruka c

1. a pot (container, often made of clay, for example for growing a plant in (blomkruka))

   plantera en växt i en kruka

   plant a plant in a pot

2. (colloquial) a coward, originating from the 12 Labours of Hercules. When Hercules returned with the Erymanthian boar, Eurystheus hid in a large wine jar.

Usage notes

• A pot as in a cooking vessel is a gryta or kastrull.
• A teapot, coffee pot, etc. is a kanna.

Declension

Declension of kruka

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kruka	krukas
	definite	krukan	krukans
plural	indefinite	krukor	krukors
	definite	krukorna	krukornas

Derived terms

• badkruka
• blomkruka
• krukfat
• krukmakare
• krukskärva
• krukväxt
• störtkruka

Descendants

• → Finnish: ruukku

See also

• vas (“vase”)

References

• “kruka”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “kruka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “kruka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• kukar