краля

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Russian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkralʲə]
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Etymology 1

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Possibly from Polish krala (queen (card games)), from Czech král (king). Cognates include Ukrainian кра́ля (králja)

Noun

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кра́ля (králjaf anim (genitive кра́ли, nominative plural кра́ли, genitive plural краль, masculine краль)

  1. (dated) female equivalent of краль (kralʹ): wealthy stately lady
  2. (dated, card games) queen
    Synonym: да́ма (dáma)
  3. (low colloquial or folklore) beauty, beautiful woman; someone's female lover/girlfriend
Declension
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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “краль”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • краля in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

Etymology 2

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Noun

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кра́ля (králjam anim

  1. genitive/accusative singular of краль (kralʹ)

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Likely from Polish krala (queen (card games)), from Czech král (king).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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кра́ля (králjaf pers (genitive кра́лі, nominative plural кра́лі, genitive plural краль)

  1. beauty, beautiful woman
    Synonym: красу́ня (krasúnja)
  2. (dated) queen

Declension

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