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Russian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Possibly from Polish krala (“queen (card games)”), from Czech král (“king”). Cognates include Ukrainian кра́ля (králja)
Noun
кра́ля • (králja) f anim (genitive кра́ли, nominative plural кра́ли, genitive plural краль, masculine краль)
- (dated) female equivalent of краль (kralʹ): wealthy stately lady
- (dated, card games) queen
- Synonym: да́ма (dáma)
- (low colloquial or folklore) beauty, beautiful woman; someone's female lover/girlfriend
Declension
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “краль”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- краля in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
Etymology 2
Noun
кра́ля • (králja) m anim
- genitive/accusative singular of краль (kralʹ)
Ukrainian
Etymology
Likely from Polish krala (“queen (card games)”), from Czech král (“king”).
Pronunciation
Noun
кра́ля • (králja) f pers (genitive кра́лі, nominative plural кра́лі, genitive plural краль)
- beauty, beautiful woman
- Synonym: красу́ня (krasúnja)
- (dated) queen
Declension
Declension of кра́ля (pers soft fem-form accent-a)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “краля”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “краля”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “краля”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka