kraba

Ingrian

Kraba.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian краб (krab).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkrɑbɑ/, [ˈkrɑbɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkrɑbɑ/, [ˈkrɑb̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑbɑ
• Hyphenation: kra‧ba

Noun

kraba

1. crab
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 28:

     Kraban pihet välistää katkiijaat, mut kiiree kasvaat jällee.

     The pincers of a crab break from time to time, but they quickly grow back.

Declension

Declension of kraba (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	kraba	krabat
genitive	kraban	krabboin
partitive	krabbaa	kraboja
illative	krabbaa	krabboi
inessive	krabas	krabois
elative	krabast	kraboist
allative	kraballe	kraboille
adessive	krabal	kraboil
ablative	krabalt	kraboilt
translative	krabaks	kraboiks
essive	krabanna, krabbaan	kraboinna, krabboin
exessive1)	krabant	kraboint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

See also

• krapu (“crayfish”)

Kavalan

Noun

kraba

1. duck (domesticated or wild)

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German krabbe, from Proto-Germanic *krabbô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkraba/

Noun

kraba f animal

1. crab

Declension

Declension of kraba

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	kraba	krabje	kraby
Genitive	kraby	krabowu	krabow
Dative	krabje	kraboma	krabam
Accusative	krabu	krabje	kraby
Instrumental	krabu	kraboma	krabami
Locative	krabje	kraboma	krabach