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)
Declension
Related terms
References
- Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 224
- Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “krah”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 193-4
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /krâx/
Declension
References
- “krah” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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