рай

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See also: рај and paj

Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rajь.

Pronunciation

Noun

рай (rajm inan (genitive ра́ю, uncountable)

  1. paradise, heaven

Declension

References

  • рай” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Bulgarian

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Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rajь.

Pronunciation

Noun

рай (rajm (relational adjective ра́йски)

  1. (uncountable) heaven, Eden
  2. (countable) paradise

Declension

References

  • рай”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • рай”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic راي
Cyrillic рай
Latin rai
Kazakh Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From Arabic رَأْي (raʔy).

Noun

рай (rai)

  1. mood, intention
    Ол райынан қайтар емес.
    Ol raiynan qaitar emes.
    He will not back down from his intention.
  2. state
    ауа райы
    aua raiy
    weather
  3. (grammar) mood
    ашық рай
    aşyq rai
    the indicative
    бұйрық рай
    būiryq rai
    the imperative
    қалау рай
    qalau rai
    the optative
    шартты рай
    şartty rai
    conditional mood

Declension

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rajь, borrowed from Iranian, from Proto-Iranian *raHíš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *raHíš, from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁ís (wealth, goods).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aj

Noun

рай (rajm inan (genitive ра́я, uncountable)

  1. paradise, heaven
    Antonym: ад (ad)

Declension

Descendants

  • Ingrian: raaju

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rajь.

Pronunciation

Noun

рай (rajm inan (genitive ра́ю, uncountable)

  1. paradise, heaven

Declension

References