краля

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Russian

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Possibly from Polish krala (queen (card games)), from Czech král (king). Cognates include Ukrainian кра́ля (králja)

Noun

кра́ля (králjaf anim (genitive кра́ли, nominative plural кра́ли, genitive plural краль, masculine краль)

  1. (dated) female equivalent of краль (kralʹ): wealthy stately lady
  2. (dated, card games) queen
    Synonym: да́ма (dáma)
  3. (low colloquial or folklore) beauty, beautiful woman; someone's female lover/girlfriend
Declension

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “краль”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • краля in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

Etymology 2

Noun

кра́ля (králjam anim

  1. genitive/accusative singular of краль (kralʹ)

Ukrainian

Etymology

Likely from Polish krala (queen (card games)), from Czech král (king).

Pronunciation

Noun

кра́ля (králjaf pers (genitive кра́лі, nominative plural кра́лі, genitive plural краль)

  1. beauty, beautiful woman
    Synonym: красу́ня (krasúnja)
  2. (dated) queen

Declension

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