kralj

See also: Kralj

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *korľь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krâːʎ/

Noun

krȃlj m (Cyrillic spelling кра̑љ)

1. king
2. (chess) king
3. (card games) king
4. (soccer, slang, chiefly in plural) Real Madrid player
5. (basketball, slang, chiefly in plural) Sacramento Kings player

Declension

Declension of kralj

	singular	plural
nominative	krȃlj	králjevi
genitive	králja	králjēvā
dative	králju	králjevima
accusative	králja	králjeve
vocative	krȃlju	králjevi
locative	králju	králjevima
instrumental	králjem	králjevima

See also

Chess pieces in Serbo-Croatian · šahovske figure / шаховске фигуре (layout · text)
kralj краљ	dama, kraljica дама, краљица	top, kula топ, кула	lovac, trkač, laufer ловац, тркач, лауфер	skakač, konj скакач, коњ	pješak, pešak, pion, pijun пјешак, пешак, пион, пијун

Playing cards in Serbo-Croatian · igraće karte (layout · text)
as, kec	dvojka, dvica	trojka, trica	četvorka, četvrtica	petica	šestica	sedmica
osmica	devetka, devetica	desetka, desetica	dečko, pub, žandar, fant	kraljica, dama	kralj	džoker

Further reading

• “kralj”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *korľь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kràːl/

Noun

králj m anim (female equivalent kraljíca)

1. king
2. (chess) king
3. (card games) king

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	králj
gen. sing.	králja
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	králj	králja	králji
genitive (rodȋlnik)	králja	králjev	králjev
dative (dajȃlnik)	králju	králjema	králjem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	králja	králja	králje
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	králju	králjih	králjih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	králjem	králjema	králji

See also

Playing cards in Slovene · igralne karte (layout · text)
as, enka	dvojka	trojka	štirka, štirica	petka, petica	šestka, šestica	sedemka, sedmica
osmica	devetka, devetica	desetka, desetica	fant	kraljica, dama	kralj	joker

Further reading

• “kralj”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “kralj”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references