krah

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • indefinite singular: krahë (m.; Tosk, Arvanitic, Gheg), kra ([kɾaː])
  • definite singular: krahi (Gheg, Old Albanian), kraha (f.; Bardhi)
  • indefinite plural: kraha (m.; Arvanitic)

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *krau, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₂u, *ḱrh₂eu (“limb”). Close to Latin crūs.[1] Alternatively from archaic krahi, definite krai (Buzuku), from South Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *krajь (“end; rim, edge; region”) (compare Serbo-Croatian krȃj, Bulgarian край (kraj)). Similar sense development in Bulgarian край (kraj), крайник (krajnik), краиште (kraište, “limb”).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kɾah]

Noun

krah m (plural krahë, definite krahu, definite plural krahët)

  1. arm
  2. shoulders and upper back
  3. armful
  4. armrest
  5. wing
  6. flank

Declension
Declension of krah
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative krah krahë krahu krahët
accusative krahun
dative krahu krahëve krahut krahëvet
ablative krahësh

Synonyms

Derived terms

References
  1. Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 224
  2. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “krah”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 193-4

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Krach.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /krâx/

Noun

krȁh m (Cyrillic spelling кра̏х)

  1. ruin, disaster, crash

Declension
Declension of krah
singular plural
nominative krȁh kràhovi
genitive kraha krahova
dative krahu krahovima
accusative krah krahove
vocative kraše / krahu krahovi
locative krahu krahovima
instrumental krahom krahovima

References
  • “krah” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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