krá
See also: Appendix:Variations of "kra"
Czech
editEtymology
editCompare the imitative Proto-Slavic *grajati.
Pronunciation
editInterjection
editkrá
- caw (the harsh cry of a crow)
Related terms
editFurther reading
editFaroese
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse krá, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *krēaną (“to crow”). Compare Danish kro sig (“brag”), English crow.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkrá n (genitive singular krás, plural krá)
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Interjection
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Declension
editDeclension 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
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse krá, kró, from Proto-Germanic *kranhō, of uncertain origin, found only in North Germanic; possibly related to *kringaną (“to turn”).
Noun
editkrá f (genitive singular krár, nominative plural krár)
Declension
editdeclension of krá
Etymology 2
editFrom Old Norse krá, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *krēaną (“to crow”). Cognate with Faroese krá. Related to English crow (noun and verb).
Interjection
editkrá
- (onomatopoeia) caw (representing the sound of a raven or crow)
Synonyms
editFurther reading
edit- Kroonen, Guus (2013) “kranho-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 302
Anagrams
editSlovak
editEtymology
editCompare the imitative Proto-Slavic *grajati.
Pronunciation
editInterjection
editkrá
Usage notes
edit- vrana kráka krá, krá, krá - the crow makes “caw, caw, caw”
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- 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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