krah
Albanian
editAlternative forms
edit- indefinite singular: krahë (m.; Tosk, Arvanitic, Gheg), kra ([kɾaː])
- definite singular: krahi (Gheg, Old Albanian), kraha (f.; Bardhi)
- indefinite plural: kraha (m.; Arvanitic)
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Albanian *krau, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₂u, *ḱrh₂eu (“limb”). Close to Latin crūs.[1] Alternatively from archaic krahi, definite krai (Buzuku), from South Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *krajь (“end; rim, edge; region”) (compare Serbo-Croatian krȃj, Bulgarian край (kraj)). Similar sense development in Bulgarian край (kraj), крайник (krajnik), краиште (kraište, “limb”).[2]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkrah m (plural krahë, definite krahu, definite plural krahët)
Declension
editDeclension of krah
Synonyms
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editReferences
edit- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 224
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “krah”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 193-4
Serbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editkrȁh m (Cyrillic spelling кра̏х)
Declension
editDeclension of krah
References
edit- “krah” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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