kraj

From Old Czech kraj, from Proto-Slavic *krajь.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkraj]

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kraj m inan

1. edge, periphery, outskirts
2. region

• okraj
• krajan
• krajní
• krajina

• krajka
• krajnice
• ukrajina

• kraj in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• kraj in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• kraj in Internetová jazyková příručka

Probably borrowed from Upper Sorbian kraj, from Proto-Slavic *krajь. Doublet of kšaj, which was inherited.

kraj m

1. region, land

   Synonym: kšaj

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “kraj”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “kraj”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
• Lower Sorbian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

• IPA^(key): /kraj/

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• Rhymes: -aj
• Syllabification: kraj

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krajь.

kraj m inan

1. country

   Synonym: państwo

2. land
3. border of something

• (land) obwód, okręg
• (border) brzeg, krawędź; (of countries) granica

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kraj

1. second-person singular imperative of krajać

• kraj in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kraj in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Proto-Slavic *krajь, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kroh₁(y)-.

• IPA^(key): /krâːj/
• Rhymes: -âːj

krȃj m (Cyrillic spelling кра̑ј)

1. end, ending
2. rim, edge, verge
3. region, area
4. landscape, scenery
5. (archaic) land, shore

From Proto-Slavic *krajь.

• IPA^(key): /krâj/

krȁj (Cyrillic spelling кра̏ј) (+ genitive case)

1. near, next to, beside (= pȍred, pȍkraj, dȍ)

   Dođi, s(j)edni kraj mene. ― Come, sit next to me.

2. past, by (= pȍred, pȍkraj)

   Metak je proletio točno kraj mene. ― The bullet flew right by me.

3. (proscribed) in spite of, despite (= ȕprkos/ȕsprkos, pȍred)

   I kraj svega toga, preživio sam. ― And despite all of it, I survived.

From Proto-Slavic *krajь.

• IPA^(key): /kraj/

kraj m (genitive singular kraja, nominative plural kraje, genitive plural krajov, declension pattern of stroj)

1. edge
2. end
3. region

• kraj in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

From Proto-Slavic *krajь.

• IPA^(key): /kráj/

krȁj m inan

1. place (location, position)
2. town, village or place

   Iz katerega kraja si ravnokar prišel? ― What place have you just come from?

3. end or beginning

• “kraj”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

From Proto-Slavic *krajь.

kraj m

1. country, land

• → Lower Sorbian: kraj

• “kraj” in Soblex