pokraj

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Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

pokraj m inan

  1. edge, periphery

Declension

Further reading

  • pokraj”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • pokraj”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • pokraj”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pôkraj/
  • Hyphenation: po‧kraj

Preposition

pȍkraj (Cyrillic spelling по̏крај) (+ genitive case)

  1. alongside, next to, beside (= pȍred, krȁj, )
    Dođi, s(j)edni pokraj mene.Come here. Sit next to me.
  2. past, by (so as to move from one side of something to the other (= pȍred, krȁj)
    Metak je proletio točno pokraj mene.The bullet flew right by me.
  3. (regional) along, down (in a constant direction with or opposite another (= nȉz, dȕž, ȕzdūž)
    C(ij)elu večer proveli smo hodajući pokraj obale.We spent the entire evening walking along the shore.

See also

Further reading

  • pokraj”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024