"flukkaz" meaning in Proto-Germanic

See flukkaz in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɸluk.kɑz/
Etymology: Probably originally used of birds, in which case a derivation from *flukkōną (“to fly, flutter”) is possible, with the original sense as "a group of flying animals" > "general group of mobile creatures". Inflection templates: {{gem-decl-noun}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], flukkaz [nominative, singular], flukkōz [nominative, plural], flukkōs [nominative, plural], flukk [singular, vocative], flukkōz [plural, vocative], flukkōs [plural, vocative], flukką [accusative, singular], flukkanz [accusative, plural], flukkas [genitive, singular], flukkis [genitive, singular], flukkǫ̂ [genitive, plural], flukkai [dative, singular], flukkamaz [dative, plural], flukkō [instrumental, singular], flukkamiz [instrumental, plural]
  1. crowd, troop, flock Wikipedia link: Brill Publishers Tags: masculine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-flukkaz-gem-pro-noun-WPGQj4R0 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header
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      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *flokk"
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      "text": "Middle English: flokk, flock, flok"
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      "text": "Scots: flok, floke"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Middle Low German: vlocke m or f"
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        }
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      "text": "German Low German: Flock f"
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          "name": "desc"
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          "expansion": "→ Old French: floc, fulc, flou",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Old French: floc, fulc, flou"
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          "expansion": "Old Norse: flokkr",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Old Norse: flokkr"
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "flokkur"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: flokkur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Icelandic: flokkur"
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Norn: flokk"
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          "expansion": "Swedish: flock",
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          "name": "desc"
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            "1": "Jersey"
          },
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          "name": "qual"
        }
      ],
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    }
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "vocative"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "vocative"
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        "singular"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "flukkas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "flukkis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flukkǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flukkai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "flukkamaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "flukkō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
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  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flukkaz",
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        "crowd, troop, flock"
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        "reconstruction"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɸluk.kɑz/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flukkaz"
}
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      "text": "Middle English: flokk, flock, flok"
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      "depth": 4,
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          "args": {
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          "name": "desc"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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          "name": "desc"
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      "depth": 3,
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          "args": {
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            "2": "*flokk",
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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          "name": "desc"
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          "expansion": "Old Norse: flokkr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "flokkur"
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          "expansion": "Icelandic: flokkur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "depth": 2,
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            "1": "fo",
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          "name": "desc"
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          "name": "desc"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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          "name": "desc"
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          "name": "desc"
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            "1": "da",
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          "name": "desc"
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            "2": "fliotchet",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Jersey"
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          "expansion": "(Jersey)",
          "name": "qual"
        }
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
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      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flukkas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flukkis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "flukkǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flukkai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "flukkamaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flukkō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flukkamiz",
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        "instrumental",
        "plural"
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Germanic a-stem nouns",
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        "Proto-Germanic lemmas",
        "Proto-Germanic masculine nouns",
        "Proto-Germanic nouns"
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        "crowd, troop, flock"
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        ]
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        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Brill Publishers"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɸluk.kɑz/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flukkaz"
}

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