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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech krajina, from Proto-Slavic *krajina. By surface analysis, kraj + -ina.
Pronunciation
Noun
krajina f (relational adjective krajinový)
- landscape, scenery
- region, area
- landscape (painting)
Declension
Declension of krajina (hard feminine)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “krajina”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “krajina”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “krajina”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *krajina. By surface analysis, kraj + -ina.
Noun
krajina f
- landscape
- area, region
Old Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krajina.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈkrajina/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈkrajina/
Noun
krajina f
- landscape
- Synonym: strana
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krajina.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /krâjina/
- Hyphenation: kra‧ji‧na
Noun
krȁjina f (Cyrillic spelling кра̏јина)
- border area, frontier area
- region, area
- (obsolete, historical) war
- (obsolete, historical) army
Declension
Descendants
References
- “krajina”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krajina. By surface analysis, kraj + -ina.
Pronunciation
Noun
krajina f (relational adjective krajinný or krajinský, diminutive krajinka)
- landscape
- county, region
Declension
Declension of
krajina (pattern
žena)
Further reading
- “krajina”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *krajina.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kràːjina/, /kráːjina/
Noun
krājina f
- landscape
Inflection
Upper Sorbian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krajina. By surface analysis, kraj + -ina.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʀajina/
- Rhymes: -ajina
- Hyphenation: kra‧ji‧na
- Syllabification: kra‧ji‧na
Noun
krajina f
- area, landscape, terrain
Declension
Declension of krajina (feminine hard stem)
References