krá

Compare the imitative Proto-Slavic *grajati.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkraː]

krá

1. caw (the harsh cry of a crow)

• “krá”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “krá”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

From Old Norse krá, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *krēaną (“to crow”). Compare Danish kro sig (“brag”), English crow.

• IPA^(key): /kɹɔaː/

krá n (genitive singular krás, plural krá)

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krá

1. animal sound of the crow (kráka), caw

• kró (archaic, obsolete)

• IPA^(key): /kʰrauː/

  Rhymes: -auː

From Old Norse krá, kró, from Proto-Germanic *kranhō, of uncertain origin, found only in North Germanic; possibly related to *kringaną (“to turn”).

krá f (genitive singular krár or kráar, nominative plural krár)

1. pub
2. a quiet corner, nook

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “krá”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
• “krá” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

From Old Norse krá, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *krēaną (“to crow”). Cognate with Faroese krá. Related to English crow (noun and verb).

krá

1. (onomatopoeia) caw (representing the sound of a raven or crow)

   Synonym: krunk

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) “kranho-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 302

• rák

Compare the imitative Proto-Slavic *grajati.

• IPA^(key): [kraː]

krá

1. caw (the harsh cry of a crow or a rook)
2. croak (also the people, to shout or speak nonsense)

• vrana kráka krá, krá, krá - the crow makes “caw, caw, caw”

• krákať
• krákavec
• krákoriť
• krakľa

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grajati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 101
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гра́ять”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress