край

See also: краи and крај

Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *krajь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kraj]

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Noun

1. end
2. region
3. country, land

Derived terms

• краяві́д (krajavíd)

References

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

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Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *krajь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kraj/

Noun

край • (kraj) m

1. end, finish
2. termination, completion, conclusion, close, ending
3. edge, brink, verge, brim
4. outskirt, edge, skirt, fringe, end
5. vicinity, region, parts
6. corner, recess

Inflection

Inflection of край

	singular	plural
indefinite	край	краища
definite (subject form)	краят	краищата
definite (object form)	края
count form	—	края
vocative form	краю	краища

Synonyms

• (termination): завършек (zavǎršek)
• (outskirt): покрайнина (pokrajnina)
• (vicinity): област (oblast)
• (corner): кът (kǎt)

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Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *krajь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kraj]

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• Rhymes: -aj

Noun

край • (kraj) m inan (genitive кра́я, nominative plural края́, genitive plural краёв)

1. border, edge, brink, brim, fringe
2. side, rim
3. land, country
4. krai, territory (in Russia)

Declension

Declension of край (inan masc-form vowel-stem accent-c irreg) 

	singular	plural
nominative	кра́й kráj	края́△ krajá△
genitive	кра́я krája	краёв krajóv
dative	кра́ю kráju	края́м krajám
accusative	кра́й kráj	края́△ krajá△
instrumental	кра́ем krájem	края́ми krajámi
prepositional	кра́е kráje	края́х krajáx
partitive	кра́ю1 kráju1
locative	краю́ krajú

^△ Irregular.
¹ Only in the terms с кра́ю (s kráju); конца́-кра́ю нет (koncá-kráju net).

Synonyms

• коне́ц (konéc), оконе́чность (okonéčnostʹ), преде́л (predél)
• перифери́я (periferíja), окра́ина (okráina)
• страна́ (straná), о́бласть (óblastʹ), ме́стность (méstnostʹ)

Related terms

• кра́йность (krájnostʹ), краюха (krajuxa), краеве́д (krajevéd), краеве́дение (krajevédenije)
• кра́йний (krájnij), краево́й (krajevój), бескра́йний (beskrájnij), бескрайный (beskrajnyj)
• кра́йне (krájne)

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *krajь.

Pronunciation

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Noun

край • (kraj) m inan (genitive кра́ю, nominative plural краї́)

1. country
2. place
3. end
4. edge

Noun

край • (kraj) m inan (genitive кра́ю, nominative plural краї́)

1. krai (administrative unit)

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “край”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka