skraj

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰsder.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *iź

Proto-Slavic *jьz

Proto-Slavic *jьz-

Proto-Indo-European *sem-

Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-

Proto-Balto-Slavic *san?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm?

Proto-Slavic *sъ(n)

Old Polish z-

Old Polish s-

Polish s-

Proto-Indo-European *krey-

Proto-Indo-European *kreh₁y-

Proto-Indo-European *kroh₁y-

Proto-Indo-European *kroyh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *kroyh₁-eye-ti

Proto-Balto-Slavic *krájīˀtei

Proto-Slavic *krojìti

Old Polish kroić

Polish kroić

Polish skroićdeverb.

Polish skraj

Deverbal from skroić.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈskraj/

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈskraj]

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• Rhymes: -aj
• Syllabification: skraj

Noun

skraj m inan

1. edge, verge, brink, border
2. (Far Masovian, Sokołów County) synonym of kawał (“piece of e.g. bread”)

   Synonym: skrajka

Declension

Declension of skraj

	singular	plural
nominative	skraj	skraje
genitive	skraju	skrajów/skrai
dative	skrajowi	skrajom
accusative	skraj	skraje
instrumental	skrajem	skrajami
locative	skraju	skrajach
vocative	skraju	skraje

Further reading

• “skraj”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “skraj”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Hieronim Łopaciński (1892), “skraj”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego)”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 248

Swedish

Etymology

Possibly a blend of skrämd (“scared”) +‎ haj (“anxious”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skraj/
• Rhymes: -aj

Adjective

skraj (comparative skrajare, superlative skrajast)

1. (colloquial) scared

   Synonym: rädd

   Blev du skraj?

   Did you get scared?

Declension

Inflection of skraj

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	skraj	skrajare	skrajast
neuter singular	skrajt	skrajare	skrajast
plural	skraja	skrajare	skrajast
masculine plural2	skraje	skrajare	skrajast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	skraje	skrajare	skrajaste
all	skraja	skrajare	skrajaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

• “skraj”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “skraj”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)