край

From Proto-Slavic *krajь.

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край • (kraj) m inan (genitive кра́ю, nominative plural краі́, genitive plural краёў)

1. end
2. region
3. country, land

• краяві́д (krajavíd)

• “край” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

From Proto-Slavic *krajь.

• IPA^(key): [kraj]

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край • (kraj) m

1. end, finish
2. termination, completion, conclusion, close, ending

   Synonym: завъ́ршек (zavǎ́ršek)

3. edge, brink, verge, brim
4. outskirt, edge, skirt, fringe, end

   Synonym: покра́йнина (pokrájnina)

5. vicinity, region, parts

   Synonym: о́бласт (óblast)

6. corner, recess

   Synonym: кът (kǎt)

край • (kraj)

2. by; along
   • 1994, “Там, край реката [There, by the river]”, performed by Тоника (Tonika):

     Де ми каза две слова – там, край реката.

     De mi kaza dve slova – tam, kraj rekata.

     Where you told me a couple of words – there, by the river.

• “край”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “край”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

• край- (kraj-)

Inherited from Old Slovak kraj, from Proto-Slavic *krajь.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkraj]
• Rhymes: -aj
• Hyphenation: край

край (kraj) m inan (diminutive країчок, related adjective крайнї or крайови)

1. end, ending, finish

   на краю лєса ― na kraju ljesa ― at an end of the forest

2. region, area

   у хторим краю варошу биваце? ― u xtorim kraju varošu bivace? ― which region of town do you live in?

3. country, province, landscape, scenery

   Synonyms: обласц (oblasc), предїл (predjil)

4. homeland, home

   Synonyms: (Serbism) завичай (zavičaj), отечество (otečestvo), оцовщина (ocovščina), родни край (rodni kraj)

   по велїх рокох врацел ше зоз швета до краю ― po veljix rokox vracel še zoz šveta do kraju ― after many years he returned from the outside world to his homeland

5. shore, coast

   привеслал ґу краю ― priveslal gu kraju ― he rowed to the shore

   чамец плїва коло краю ― čamec pljiva kolo kraju ― the boat floated along the shore

6. arm (of scales, crane, etc.), extremity
7. rim, edge, periphery

   Synonym: орубенєц (orubenjec)

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “край”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “country”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 70
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “landscape”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 162

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krajь.

• IPA^(key): [kraj]

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• Rhymes: -aj

край • (kraj) m inan (genitive кра́я, nominative plural края́, genitive plural краёв, relational adjective краево́й, diminutive кра́ешек)

1. border, edge, brink, brim, fringe
2. side, rim
3. land, country
4. krai, territory (in Russia)

• коне́ц (konéc), оконе́чность (okonéčnostʹ), преде́л (predél)
• перифери́я (periferíja), окра́ина (okráina)
• страна́ (straná), о́бласть (óblastʹ), ме́стность (méstnostʹ)

Compounds:

• непоча́тый край m (nepočátyj kraj)

• кра́йность (krájnostʹ), краю́ха (krajúxa), краеве́д (krajevéd), краеве́дение (krajevédenije)
• кра́йний (krájnij), бескра́йний (beskrájnij), бескра́йный (beskrájnyj)
• кра́йне (krájne)

• → Yakut: кыраай (kıraay)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “край”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “край”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

From Proto-Slavic *krajь.

• IPA^(key): [krai̯]

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край • (kraj) m inan (genitive кра́ю, nominative plural краї́, genitive plural краї́в, relational adjective безкра́їй or безкра́йній)

1. country
2. place
3. end
4. edge

край • (kraj) m inan (genitive кра́ю, nominative plural краї́, genitive plural краї́в)

1. krai (administrative unit)

край • (kraj)

1. next to, beside, near

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “край”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “край”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)