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krá

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Czech

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Etymology

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Compare the imitative Proto-Slavic *grajati.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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krá

  1. caw (the harsh cry of a crow)
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Further reading

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  • krá”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • krá”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse krá, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *krēaną (to crow). Compare Danish kro sig (brag), English crow.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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krá n (genitive singular krás, plural krá)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Interjection

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krá

  1. animal sound of the crow (kráka), caw

Declension

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n4 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative krá kráið krá kráini
accusative krá kráið krá kráini
dative krá, krái kránum kráum kráunum
genitive krás krásins kráa kráanna

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse krá, kró, from Proto-Germanic *kranhō, of uncertain origin, found only in North Germanic; possibly related to *kringaną (to turn).

Noun

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krá f (genitive singular krár, nominative plural krár)

  1. pub
  2. a quiet corner, nook
Declension
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse krá, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *krēaną (to crow). Cognate with Faroese krá. Related to English crow (noun and verb).

Interjection

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krá

  1. (onomatopoeia) caw (representing the sound of a raven or crow)
    Synonym: krunk

Further reading

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  • Guus Kroonen (2013) “kranho-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 302

Anagrams

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Slovak

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Etymology

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Compare the imitative Proto-Slavic *grajati.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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krá

  1. caw (the harsh cry of a crow or a rook)
  2. croak (also the people, to shout or speak nonsense)

Usage notes

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  • vrana kráka krá, krá, krá - the crow makes “caw, caw, caw”
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Further reading

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grajati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 101
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гра́ять”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress