kry

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch krijgen, from Middle Dutch crigen, from Old Dutch *crīgan, from Proto-West Germanic *krīgan. Cognate to German kriegen (“to get”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krəi/

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Verb

kry (present kry, present participle krygende, past participle gekry)

1. to get, receive, obtain

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkrɪ]

Noun

kry f

1. inflection of kra:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Middle English

Noun

kry

1. Alternative form of cry

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

kry (present tense kryr, past tense krydde, past participle krytt/krydd, passive infinitive kryast, present participle kryande, imperative kry)

1. to teem

Adjective

kry (neuter singular krytt, definite singular and plural krye, comparative kryare, indefinite superlative kryst, definite superlative kryaste)

1. proud of oneself

Old Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /krɨ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /krɨ/

Noun

kry f

1. Alternative form of krew

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɘ/

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• Rhymes: -ɘ
• Syllabification: kry

Noun

kry f

1. inflection of kra:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kri]

Noun

kry

1. nominative/accusative plural of ker

Slovincian

Alternative forms

• krew

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kry̑.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɪ
• Syllabification: kry

Noun

kry f

1. blood (vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen)

Further reading

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1908) “krȧ̃”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 479

Swedish

Etymology

Likely cognate with Ancient Greek βρύω (brúō). Compare origin of krut.

Adjective

kry (comparative kryare, superlative kryast)

1. not sick or ill, well, healthy

Declension

Inflection of kry

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	kry	kryare	kryast
neuter singular	krytt	kryare	kryast
plural	krya	kryare	kryast
masculine plural2	krye	kryare	kryast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	krye	kryare	kryaste
all	krya	kryare	kryaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

• krya
• krya på dig

Further reading

• kry in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kry in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kry in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• kry in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)