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Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krajьnъ. By surface analysis, kraj + -ny.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /kra(ː)jnɨː/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /krajnɨ/, /krɒjnɨ/
Adjective
krajny
- extreme, final, terminal, utmost
- Synonym: skrajny
1471, Jan Łoś, editor, Materiały i Prace Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, published 1901:Kv kraynemv ad extremum (egredere in occursum Achaz... ad extremum aquaeductus piscinae superioris Is 7, 3)- Ku krajnemu ad extremum (egredere in occursum Achaz... ad extremum aquaeductus piscinae superioris Is 7, 3)
Descendants
Further reading
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “krajny”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish krajny. By surface analysis, kraj + -ny.
Pronunciation
Adjective
krajny (comparative krajniejszy, superlative najkrajniejszy, derived adverb krajnie)
- (obsolete) extreme, terminal, utmost
- Synonyms: krańcowy, skrajny
Declension
Declension of krajny (hard)
Derived terms
Further reading
- krajny in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “krajny”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]