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”) (cf. 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 (indefinite plural krahë, definite singular krahu, definite plural krahët)

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

Declension
Declension of krah
indefinite forms
(trajta të pashquara)		 definite forms
(trajta të shquara)
singular
(numri njëjës)		 plural
(numri shumës)		 singular
(numri njëjës)		 plural
(numri shumës)
nominative
(emërore)		 (një) krah (disa) krahë krahu krahët
accusative
(kallëzore)		 (një) krah (disa) krahë krahun krahët
genitive
(gjinore)
(i/e/të/së)		 (një) krahu (disa) krahëve krahut krahëvet
dative
(dhanore)		 (një) krahu (disa) krahëve krahut krahëvet
ablative
(rrjedhore)
(prej)		 (një) krahu (disa) krahësh krahut krahëvet

Synonyms

Derived terms

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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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