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See also: kráj

Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech kraj, from Proto-Slavic *krajь.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkraj]
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Noun

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kraj m inan

  1. edge, periphery, outskirts
  2. region

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • kraj”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • kraj”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • kraj”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Lower Sorbian

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from Upper Sorbian kraj, from Proto-Slavic *krajь. Doublet of kšaj, which was inherited.

Noun

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kraj m inan

  1. region, land
    Synonym: kšaj

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Further reading

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  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “kraj”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “kraj”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
  • Lower Sorbian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Old Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krajь.

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Noun

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kraj m inan

  1. edge, boundary, end (boundary line of a surface)
  2. (chiefly in the plural) borderland
  3. landscape, area, territory, country

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Czech: kraj

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Old Polish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krajь. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /kraːj/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /krɒj/

Noun

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kraj m inan

  1. (attested in Lesser Poland) border (edge of a territory)
    • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki[1], Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego, pages 2, 8:
      Dam cy... w trzimane twoie craie zemske (terminos terrae)
      [Dam ci... w trzymanie twoje kraje ziemskie (terminos terrae)]
    • 1930 [c. 1455], “Gen”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)[2], section 13,11:
      Wiswolyl sobye Loth kray (regionem) podle Yordana
      [Wyzwolił sobie Lot kraj (regionem) podle Jordana]
  2. (attested in Lesser Poland) edge, boundary, end (boundary line of a surface)
    • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki[3], Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego, pages 132, 3:
      Yasz stanpa w kray odzena gego (quod descendit in oram vestimenti eius)
      [Jaż zstąpa w kraj odzienia jego (quod descendit in oram vestimenti eius)]
    • 1880-1894 [Fifteenth century], Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności[4], volume V, page 266:
      Ab oriente, hoc est ab illa plaga mundi, od onego krayv szwyatha, ubi sol oritur
      [Ab oriente, hoc est ab illa plaga mundi, od onego kraju świata, ubi sol oritur]

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “kraj”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “kraj”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego (in Polish)
  • Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “kraj”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “kraj”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aj
  • Syllabification: kraj

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Polish kraj.

Noun

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kraj m inan (related adjective krajowy)

  1. country (territory of a nation)
    Synonyms: kraina, państwo
  2. (government) krai (administrative division of some countries)
  3. (chiefly dated or archaic) edge, boundary, end (boundary line of a surface)
    Synonym: skraj
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Trivia

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According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), kraj is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 107 times in scientific texts, 193 times in news, 205 times in essays, 37 times in fiction, and 19 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 561 times, making it the 83rd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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kraj

  1. second-person singular imperative of krajać

References

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  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “kraj”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 199

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krajь, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kroh₁(y)-.

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Noun

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krȃj m (Cyrillic spelling кра̑ј)

  1. end, ending
  2. rim, edge, verge
  3. region, area
  4. landscape, scenery
  5. (archaic) land, shore
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krajь.

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Preposition

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krȁj (Cyrillic spelling кра̏ј) (+ genitive case)

  1. near, next to, beside (= pȍred, pȍkraj, )
    Dođi, s(j)edni kraj mene.Come, sit next to me.
  2. past, by (= pȍred, pȍkraj)
    Metak je proletio točno kraj mene.The bullet flew right by me.
  3. (proscribed) in spite of, despite (= ȕprkos/ȕsprkos, pȍred)
    I kraj svega toga, preživio sam.And despite all of it, I survived.

Silesian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish kraj.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkraj/
  • Rhymes: -aj
  • Syllabification: kraj

Noun

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kraj m inan

  1. country (territory of a nation)
    Synonyms: regiōn, krajina, państwo
  2. edge, boundary, end (boundary line of a surface)
  3. (government) krai (administrative division of some countries)
    Synonyms: rant, brzyg
    Antonym: postrzodek

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Slovak

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krajь.

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Noun

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kraj m inan (genitive singular kraja, nominative plural kraje, genitive plural krajov, declension pattern of stroj)

  1. edge
  2. end
  3. region

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Slovene

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krajь.

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Noun

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krȁj m inan

  1. place (location, position)
  2. town, village or place
    Iz katerega kraja si ravnokar prišel?What place have you just come from?
  3. end or beginning

Inflection

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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing. kràj
gen. sing. krája
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
kràj krája kráji
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
krája krájev krájev
dative
(dajȃlnik)
kráju krájema krájem
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
kràj krája kráje
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
kráju krájih krájih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
krájem krájema kráji

Further reading

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  • kraj”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Upper Sorbian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krajь.

Noun

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kraj m inan

  1. country, land

Descendants

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  • Lower Sorbian: kraj

Further reading

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  • kraj” in Soblex