krá
See also: Appendix:Variations of "kra"
Czech
Etymology
Compare the imitative Proto-Slavic *grajati.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkraː]
Related terms
- krákat
- krákorat
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse krá, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *krēaną (“to crow”). Compare Danish kro sig (“brag”), English crow.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɹɔaː/
Noun
krá n (genitive singular krás, plural krá)
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Declension
Declension of krá | ||||
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n4 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | krá | kráið | krá | kráini |
accusative | krá | kráið | krá | kráini |
dative | krá, krái | kránum | kráum | kráunum |
genitive | krás | krásins | kráa | kráanna |
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰrauː/
- Rhymes: -auː
Etymology 1
From Old Norse krá, kró, from Proto-Germanic *kranhō, of uncertain origin, found only in North Germanic; possibly related to *kringaną (“to turn”).
Declension
Etymology 2
From Old Norse krá, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *krēaną (“to crow”). Cognate with Faroese krá. Related to English crow (noun and verb).
Synonyms
Further reading
Anagrams
Slovak
Etymology
Compare the imitative Proto-Slavic *grajati.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kraː]
Interjection
krá
Usage notes
- vrana kráka krá, krá, krá - the crow makes “caw, caw, caw”
Related terms
- krákať
- krákavec
- krákoriť
- krakľa
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grajati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 101
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гра́ять”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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