crai

See also: Crai

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin crās (“tomorrow”). See procrastinare, a related borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkraj/
  • Rhymes: -aj
  • Hyphenation: crài

Adverb

crai

  1. (archaic, literary) tomorrow
    Synonym: domani

Anagrams

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

From French croire (“to believe”), compare Haitian Creole kwè.

Verb

crai

  1. to believe

References

  • Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic краль (kralĭ), from Proto-Slavic *korľь. Compare Bulgarian крал (kral), Serbo-Croatian kralj.

Noun

crai m (plural crai)

  1. (today mostly poetic) king, emperor, ruler
  2. (playing cards) king
  3. (figurative) lady's man, philanderer, Don Juan
Declension
Declension of crai
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative crai craiul crai craii
genitive-dative crai craiului crai crailor
vocative craiule crailor
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic краи (krai), from Proto-Slavic *krajь (“edge”).

Noun

crai m (uncountable)

  1. (used only in the expression crai nou) new moon
    Synonym: lună nouă
Declension
Declension of crai
singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative crai craiul
genitive-dative crai craiului
vocative craiule

Sardinian

Noun

crai (Campidanese)

  1. alternative form of crae (“key”)

Sicilian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin crās (“tomorrow”). See procrastinare, a related borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kraj/

Adverb

crai

  1. tomorrow
    Synonym: dumani

Welsh

Etymology

Cognate with Middle Breton crai (“sour”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krai̯/

Adjective

crai (feminine singular crai, plural crai, equative craied, comparative craiach, superlative craiaf)

  1. new, fresh
    Synonyms: croyw, ffres
  2. raw, crude
  3. bare, rough
  4. severe, sad
  5. unleavened (of bread)
    Synonyms: dilefain, croyw
  6. unfulled (of cloth)
  7. clear
  8. pleasant

Derived terms

  • deunydd crai (“raw material”)
  • haearn crai (“pig iron”)
  • olew crai (“crude oil”)
  • sidan crai (“raw silk”)
  • sienna crai (“raw sienna”)
  • wmber crai (“raw umber”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of crai
radical soft nasal aspirate
crai grai nghrai chrai

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “crai”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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