грай

Bulgarian

Etymology

Result noun of onomatopoeic гра́я (grája, “to conjure a call, to play music”) +‎ -й (-j), from Proto-Slavic *grajь.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɡraj]
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Noun

грай • (graj) m

  1. (dialectal, music) tune, melody
    Synonyms: мело́дия (melódija), напе́в (napév)

Declension
Declension of грай
singular plural
indefinite грай
graj		 гра́ове
gráove
definite
(subject form)		 гра́ят
grájat		 гра́овете
gráovete
definite
(object form)		 гра́я
grája
count form — гра́я
grája

Derived terms
  • гра́ен (gráen, “delightful, pleasant, neat (for state or result)”) (dialectal)

References
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “грай”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 272

Russian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɡraj]
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Verb

грай • (graj)

  1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of гра́ять (grájatʹ)

Ukrainian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɦrai̯]

Verb

грай • (hraj)

  1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of гра́ти (hráty)
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