къра

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

• кра (kra)

Etymology

According to Sreznevsky from Proto-Slavic *kъra. Akin to Old Czech kra (“piece of rock or other material”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʊˈrɑ/→/kʊˈra/→/ˈkra/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /kʊˈrɑ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /kʊˈra/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈkra/

• Hyphenation: къ‧ра́

Noun

къра (kŭra) f

1. floe, thin ice, piece

Declension

Declension of къра (hard a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	къра kŭra	кърѣ kŭrě	кърꙑ kŭry
Genitive	кърꙑ kŭry	къру kŭru	къръ kŭrŭ
Dative	кърѣ kŭrě	кърама kŭrama	кърамъ kŭramŭ
Accusative	кърѫ kŭrǫ	кърѣ kŭrě	кърꙑ kŭry
Instrumental	къроѭ kŭrojǫ	кърама kŭrama	кърами kŭrami
Locative	кърѣ kŭrě	къру kŭru	кърахъ kŭraxŭ
Vocative	къро kŭro	кърѣ kŭrě	кърꙑ kŭry

Related terms

• криниѥ (krinije)

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: крига (kriha)
  • Belarusian: кры́га (krýha)
    • → Polish: kryha
  • Carpathian Rusyn: кри́га (krýha, “ice”)
  • Ukrainian: кри́га (krýha, “ice”)
    • → Slovak: kryha
  • → Russian: кри́га (kríga), кры́га (krýga) (dialectal)

Further reading

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “кра”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1310
• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “криниѥ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[2] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1324
• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “къра”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[3] (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1840