kri

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Singulare tantum; from Proto-Albanian *kriwi, from dialectal Proto-Indo-European *kʷŕ̥wis (“worm”) (compare Serbo-Croatian cȓv), dialectal variant of *kʷŕ̥mis. More at krimb.

Noun

kri f (plural kri, definite kria)

  1. woodworm
  2. furniture beetle (Anobium punctatum)

Faroese

Pronunciation

Noun

kri n

  1. animal sound of the tern (terna)

Interjection

kri

  1. animal sound of the tern

Middle English

Noun

kri

  1. Alternative form of cry

Slovene

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kry, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *krū́ˀs, from Proto-Indo-European *kréwh₂s (“blood of a wound”).

Pronunciation

Noun

krȋ f

  1. (usually uncountable) blood
    • Srečko Kosovel, Ekstaza Smrti, lines 15-21
      A, iz oblaka večernega (zadnjega
      sla, ki oznanja Evropi še luč!)
      lije kri v moje trudno srce,
      joj, in vode ni več v Evropi
      in mi ludje pijemo kri,
      kri iz večernih sladkih oblakov.
      - Vse je ekstaza, ekstaza smrti. -
  2. (uncountable, figuratively) temperament
    Bil je nagle krvi. ― He could quickly lose temper.
  3. (colloquially also in the plural, figuratively) lineage, ethnicity, socioeconomic background
    • 2012 September 12, Iztok Marvič, “Brazilski nasmeh”, in Agencija Oskar‎:
      Po žilah veliko brazilskih državljanov se pretaka mešanica različnih krvi – od indijanske, evropejske, afriške pa tudi azijske.
      Many Brazilian citizens are from different backgrounds - from Indian, European, African, and even Asian
Declension
Second feminine declension (i-stem) , long mixed accent, stem change
nom. sing. krȋ, kŕv
gen. sing. krvȋ
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik 		krȋ, kŕv krvȋ krvȋ
genitive
rodȋlnik 		krvȋ krvȋ krvȋ
dative
dajȃlnik 		kŕvi krvẹ̄ma krvẹ̄m
accusative
tožȋlnik 		krȋ, kŕv krvȋ krvȋ
locative
mẹ̑stnik 		kŕvi krvẹ́h krvẹ́h
instrumental
orọ̑dnik 		krvjọ́, kŕvijo krvẹ̄ma krvmí
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) 		krȋ, kȓv krvȋ krvȋ
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

Interjection

krȋ

  1. sound of a cricket: chirp

Further reading

  • “kri”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “kri”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *käryā- (whence also Tocharian B *käryā- (“will”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kṛd(i)yeh₂-, from *ḱḗr. Cognate with English heart, Old Irish cride, Latin cor, and Lithuanian širdis.

Noun

kri

  1. will
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