## Examples
- You're so lucky to have such a kind family.
- It was a lucky escape, and we were all glad to be safe.
- He always wears his lucky shoes on match day.

## Synonyms
- charmed
- fortuitous
- fortunate
- freak
- happy
- providential
- serendipitous
- sonsy

## Antonyms
- cursed
- unfortunate
- unlucky

## Derived Forms
- happy-go-lucky
- luckily
- luckiness
- superlucky
- unlucky

## Related Forms
- apotropaic
- auspicious

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: lukky

## Etymology
From Middle English lukky, equivalent to luck + -y. Cognate with Scots lucky (“lucky”), West Frisian lokkich (“lucky, fortunate”), Dutch gelukkig (“lucky, fortunate, happy”). Compare also Danish lykkelig (“happy”), Swedish lycklig (“happy, lucky”), German glücklich (“happy”), Saterland Frisian glukkelk (“happy”).

## AI Etymology
Lucky comes from Middle English lukky, equivalent to luck + -y. Cognate with Scots lucky (“lucky”), West Frisian lokkich (“lucky, fortunate”), Dutch gelukkig (“lucky, fortunate, happy”). Compare also Danish lykkelig (“happy”), Swedish lycklig (“happy, lucky”), German glücklich (“happy”), Saterland Frisian glukkelk (“happy”). In present-day English its meanings include having good luck; helped by good fortune, resulting from good luck rather than skill or planning, and believed to bring good luck. Related and derived forms include apotropaic, auspicious, happy-go-lucky, and luckily.

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