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Macedonian
Pronunciation
Noun
краина • (kraina) f
- (rare) region
Declension
Old East Slavic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kràjina. Cognates include Old Czech krajina.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkrɑjinɑ/→/ˈkrajina/→/ˈkrajina/
- (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈkrɑjinɑ/
- (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈkrajina/
- (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈkrajina/
Noun
краина (kraina) f
- region
Declension
Declension of краина (hard a-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “краина”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1312
- Zaliznyak, Andrey A. (2019) “кра́инии”, in Древнерусское ударение: Общие сведения и словарь [Old East Slavic accent: General Information and Dictionary] (in Russian), 2nd, expanded and revised edition, Moscow: Publishing House “YASK”, →DOI, →ISBN, page 278
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krajina.
Pronunciation
Noun
кра́ина • (kráina) f inan (genitive кра́ины, nominative plural кра́ины, genitive plural кра́ин)
- krajina (used in the names of regions, a krajina is one of the regions inhabited mostly by Serbs in the former Yugoslavia)
Declension
Noun
краи́на • (kraína) f inan (genitive краи́ны, nominative plural краи́ны, genitive plural краи́н)
- (dialectal) outskirts, periphery, edge
- Synonym: окра́ина (okráina)
Declension
References
- Словарь русских донских говоров II, 87