kráľ

See also: kral, Kral, král, Král, and Kráľ

Old Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *korľь. First attested in 1407.

Noun

kráľ m anim

  1. king (male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy)
  2. (in the animal kingdom) king (leader of a group of animals)
  3. (mineralogy) gold

Descendants

  • Pannonian Rusyn: краль (kralʹ)
  • Slovak: kráľ

References

  • Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “kráľ”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak kráľ, from Proto-Slavic *korľь.

Pronunciation

Noun

kráľ m anim (genitive singular kráľa, nominative plural králi, kráľovia, genitive plural kráľov, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. king
  2. (chess) king

Declension

See also

Chess pieces in Slovak · šachové figurky (layout · text)
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kráľ dáma veža strelec jazdec pešiak

References

  • kráľ”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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