крига

Old Ruthenian

кри́га

Etymology

From *кра (*kra, “ice floe”) +‎ -ига (-iha, “diminutive suffix”). Inherited from Old East Slavic кра (kra), derived from икра́ (ikrá), from Proto-Slavic *jьkrà. Cognate with archaic Russian кра (kra) and Old Czech kra.

Noun

кри́га • (kríha) f inan

1. ice floe

Descendants

• Belarusian: кры́га (krýha)
  • → Polish: kryha
• Carpathian Rusyn: кри́га (krýha, “ice”)
• Ukrainian: кри́га (krýha, “ice”)
  • → Slovak: kryha
• → Russian: кри́га (kríga), кры́га (krýga) (dialectal)

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1997), “крига II”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 16 (коржъ – лесничанка), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 139
• Tymchenko, E. K. (2002) “крига”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Н), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 385

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian кри́га (kríha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkrɪɦɐ]

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Noun

кри́га • (krýha) f inan (genitive кри́ги, nominative plural кри́ги, genitive plural криг, relational adjective крижани́й)

1. (uncountable) ice
2. (countable) block of ice

Declension

Declension of кри́га (inan hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	кри́га krýha	кри́ги krýhy
genitive	кри́ги krýhy	криг kryh
dative	кри́зі krýzi	кри́гам krýham
accusative	кри́гу krýhu	кри́ги krýhy
instrumental	кри́гою krýhoju	кри́гами krýhamy
locative	кри́зі krýzi	кри́гах krýhax
vocative	кри́го krýho	кри́ги krýhy

Synonyms

• лід (lid)