крава

Bulgarian

Кафява крава

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *korva, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kárˀwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkravɐ]

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• Rhymes: -avɐ
• Syllabification^(key): кра‧ва

Noun

кра́ва • (kráva) f (relational adjective кра́ви)

1. cow

Declension

Declension of кра́ва

	singular	plural
indefinite	кра́ва kráva	кра́ви krávi
definite	кра́вата krávata	кра́вите krávite
vocative form	кра́во krávo	кра́ви krávi

References

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

Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *korva, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kárˀwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkrava]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ava

Noun

крава • (krava) f (masculine бик or вол, relational adjective кравји, diminutive кравичка or кравче)

1. cow
2. (colloquial) an insult for an odious woman, especially a fat one

Declension

Declension of крава

	singular	plural
indefinite	крава (krava)	крави (kravi)
definite unspecified	кравата (kravata)	кравите (kravite)
definite proximal	кравава (kravava)	кравиве (kravive)
definite distal	кравана (kravana)	кравине (kravine)
vocative	краво (kravo)	крави (kravi)

References

• крава in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak krava, from Proto-Slavic *korva, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kárˀwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn коро́ва (koróva) and Slovak krava.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkrava]
• Rhymes: -ava
• Hyphenation: кра‧ва

Noun

крава (krava) f (diminutive кравичка or кравочка, augmentative крависка, relational adjective кравски)

1. cow

   Coordinate terms: буяк (bujak), статок (statok)

   • 2024 October 26, Вл. Дїтко, “Памятки на прешли часи”, in Руске Слово‎^[1]:

     Кукурица ми дакеди була нєобходна, бо сом тримал статок, буяци, крави, швинї, а мали зме и дробизґу.

     Kukurica mi dakedi bula njeobxodna, bo som trimal statok, bujaci, kravi, švinji, a mali zme i drobizgu.

     Corn used to be indispensable for me, because I was raising cattle, bulls, cows, pigs, and we also had poultry.

Declension

Declension of крава (krava)

	singular	plural
nominative	крава (krava)	крави (kravi)
genitive	крави (kravi)	кравох (kravox)
dative	крави (kravi)	кравом (kravom)
accusative	краву (kravu)	крави (kravi)
instrumental	краву (kravu)	кравами (kravami)
locative	крави (kravi)	кравох (kravox)
vocative	краво (kravo)	крави (kravi)

Related terms

nouns

• кравар m pers (kravar)
• краварка f (kravarka)
• краварство n (kravarstvo)
• кравенца f (kravenca)

References

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “крава”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “cow”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 70

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *korva, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kárˀwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /krâʋa/
• Hyphenation: кра‧ва

Noun

крȁва f (Latin spelling krȁva)

1. cow (mammal)

Declension

Declension of крава

	singular	plural
nominative	крава	краве
genitive	краве	крава
dative	крави	кравама
accusative	краву	краве
vocative	краво	краве
locative	крави	кравама
instrumental	кравом	кравама