crai

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Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin crās (“tomorrow”). See procrastinare, a related borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkraj/
  • Rhymes: -aj
  • Hyphenation: crài

Adverb

crai

  1. (archaic, literary) tomorrow
    Synonym: domani

Related terms

Anagrams

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

From French croire (“to believe”), compare Haitian Creole kwè.

Verb

crai

  1. to believe

References

  • Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic краль (kralĭ), from Proto-Slavic *korľь. Compare Bulgarian крал (kral), Serbo-Croatian kralj.

Noun

crai m (plural crai)

  1. (today mostly poetic) king, emperor, ruler
  2. (playing cards) king
  3. (figurative) lady's man, philanderer, Don Juan
Declension
Declension of crai
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) crai craiul (niște) crai craii
genitive/dative (unui) crai craiului (unor) crai crailor
vocative craiule crailor
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic краи (krai), from Proto-Slavic *krajь (“edge”).

Noun

crai m (uncountable)

  1. (used only in the expression crai nou) new moon
    Synonym: lună nouă
Declension
declension of crai (singular only)
singular
m gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) crai craiul
genitive/dative (unui) crai craiului
vocative craiule

Sardinian

Noun

crai (Campidanese)

  1. Alternative form of crae (“key”)

Welsh

Etymology

Cognate with Middle Breton crai (“sour”).

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Looks like it's from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“raw meat, flesh blood”). Is it inherited from Proto-Celtic, or is it borrowed from Latin crūdus (“crude, raw”)?”

Pronunciation

Adjective

crai (feminine singular crai, plural crai, equative craied, comparative craiach, superlative craiaf)

  1. new, fresh
  2. raw, crude
  3. bare, rough
  4. severe, sad
  5. unleavened (of bread)
  6. unfulled (of cloth)
  7. clear
  8. pleasant

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
crai grai nghrai chrai
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “crai”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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