крига

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Old Ruthenian

кри́га

Etymology

From *кра (*kra, ice floe) +‎ -ига (-iha, diminutive suffix). Inherited from Old East Slavic кра (kra), derived from икра́ (ikrá), from Proto-Slavic *jьkrà. Cognate with archaic Russian кра (kra) and Old Czech kra.

Noun

кри́га (kríhaf inan

  1. ice floe

Descendants

Further reading

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    Bulyka, A. M., editor (1997), “крига II”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 16 (коржъ – лесничанка), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 139
  • Tymchenko, E. K. (2002) “крига”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Н), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 385

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian кри́га (kríha).

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Noun

кри́га (krýhaf inan (genitive кри́ги, nominative plural кри́ги, genitive plural криг, relational adjective крижани́й)

  1. (uncountable) ice
  2. (countable) block of ice

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