krá

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "kra"

Czech

Etymology

Compare the imitative Proto-Slavic *grajati.

Pronunciation

Interjection

krá

  1. caw (the harsh cry of a crow)

Further reading

  • “krá”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “krá”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse krá, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *krēaną (“to crow”). Compare Danish kro sig (“brag”), English crow.

Pronunciation

Noun

krá n (genitive singular krás, plural krá)

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Interjection

krá

  1. animal sound of the crow (kráka), caw

Declension

Declension of krá
n4 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative krá kráið krá kráini
accusative krá kráið krá kráini
dative krá, krái kránum kráum kráunum
genitive krás krásins kráa kráanna

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse krá, kró, from Proto-Germanic *kranhō, of uncertain origin, found only in North Germanic; possibly related to *kringaną (“to turn”).

Noun

krá f (genitive singular krár, nominative plural krár)

  1. pub
  2. a quiet corner, nook
Declension
Declension of krá (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative krá kráin krár krárnar
accusative krá krána krár krárnar
dative krá kránni krám kránum
genitive krár krárinnar kráa kránna

Etymology 2

From Old Norse krá, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *krēaną (“to crow”). Cognate with Faroese krá. Related to English crow (noun and verb).

Interjection

krá

  1. (onomatopoeia) caw (representing the sound of a raven or crow)
Synonyms

Further reading

  • Guus Kroonen (2013) “kranho-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 302

Anagrams

Slovak

Etymology

Compare the imitative Proto-Slavic *grajati.

Pronunciation

Interjection

krá

  1. caw (the harsh cry of a crow or a rook)
  2. croak (also the people, to shout or speak nonsense)

Usage notes

  • vrana kráka krá, krá, krá - the crow makes “caw, caw, caw”

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grajati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 101
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гра́ять”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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