# тук
## Bulgarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tuk]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *tu(kъ).

#### Adverb

тук • (tuk) (not comparable)
* here
    Synonym: (dialectal) сде (sde)
* this way, (to) here
    Synonym: наса́м (nasám)

##### Alternative forms

* ту́ка (túka) — archaic instrumental/ablative case

##### Derived terms

* ту́кашен (túkašen, “local”)
* оттук (ottuk, “from here”)

#### References

* “тук”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “тук”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *tukъ.

#### Noun

тук • (tuk) m
* (dialectal) molten fat, lard
    Synonyms: мазнина́ (mazniná), лой (loj)

##### Derived terms

* ту́ча (túča, “to fatten, to cram”) (dialectal)
* ту́чен (túčen, “rich, lush”)
* ту́ткав (tútkav, “sluggish, languid”) (possibly)

#### References

* тоукъ in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"
* Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “тукъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 378

## Macedonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tuk]

### Etymology 1

From тука (tuka, “here”), from Proto-Slavic *tu (“there, here”).

#### Adverb

тук • (tuk)
* (poetic) here
    Synonyms: о́вде (óvde), ту́ка (túka)

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tukъ (“fat”).

#### Noun

тук • (tuk) m (uncountable)
* lard
    Synonym: ту́ка (túka)

### References

* “тук” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

## Russian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic тукъ (tukŭ), from Proto-Slavic *tukъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tuk]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

тук • (tuk) m inan (genitive ту́ка, nominative plural ту́ки, genitive plural ту́ков)
* (obsolete) fat, lard
* fertilizer

#### Related terms

* ту́чный (túčnyj)
* ту́чность (túčnostʹ)
* тучне́ть (tučnétʹ)

### Anagrams

* кут (kut)

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian тꙋкъ (tuk), from Old East Slavic тꙋкъ (tukŭ), from Proto-Slavic *tukъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tuk]
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### Noun

тук • (tuk) m inan (genitive ту́ка, nominative plural ту́ки, genitive plural ту́ків, relational adjective ту́ковий)
* (usually in the plural) fertilizer
    Synonym: до́бриво (dóbryvo)
* (dated) humus
    Synonyms: перегні́й (perehníj), гу́мус (húmus)
* (dated) fat, lard
    Synonyms: жир (žyr), са́ло (sálo), лій (lij), сить (sytʹ)

#### Derived terms

* ту́чити impf (túčyty)
* тучний (tučnyj)

#### Related terms

* тил m (tyl)
* ти́сяча f (týsjača)
* (archaic) ти́ти impf (týty)
* ту́луб m (túlub)

### References

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “тук”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “тук”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
* “тук”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
* “тук”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
* “тук”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)