krah

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Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • indefinite singular: krahë (m.; Tosk, Arvanitic, Gheg), kra ([kɾaː])
  • definite singular: krahi (Gheg, Old Albanian), kraha (f.; Bardhi)
  • indefinite plural: kraha (m.; Arvanitic)

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *krau, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₂u, *ḱrh₂eu (“limb”). Close to Latin crūs.[1] Alternatively from archaic krahi, definite krai (Buzuku), from South Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *krajь (“end; rim, edge; region”) (compare Serbo-Croatian krȃj, Bulgarian край (kraj)). Similar sense development in Bulgarian край (kraj), крайник (krajnik), краиште (kraište, “limb”).[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

krah m (plural krahë, definite krahu, definite plural krahët)

  1. arm
  2. shoulders and upper back
  3. armful
  4. armrest
  5. wing
  6. flank

Declension[edit]

Declension of krah
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative krah krahë krahu krahët
accusative krahun
dative krahu krahëve krahut krahëvet
ablative krahësh

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 224
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “krah”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 193-4

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Krach.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

krȁh m (Cyrillic spelling кра̏х)

  1. ruin, disaster, crash

Declension[edit]

Declension of krah
singular plural
nominative krȁh kràhovi
genitive kraha krahova
dative krahu krahovima
accusative krah krahove
vocative kraše / krahu krahovi
locative krahu krahovima
instrumental krahom krahovima

References[edit]

  • “krah” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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