краля

• IPA^(key): [ˈkralʲə]

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Possibly from Polish krala (“queen (card games)”), from Czech král (“king”). Cognates include Ukrainian кра́ля (králja)

кра́ля • (králja) f anim (genitive кра́ли, nominative plural кра́ли, genitive plural краль, masculine краль)

1. (dated) female equivalent of краль (kralʹ): wealthy stately lady
2. (dated, card games) queen

   Synonym: да́ма (dáma)

3. (low colloquial or folklore) beauty, beautiful woman; someone's female lover/girlfriend

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “краль”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• краля in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

кра́ля • (králja) m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of краль (kralʹ)

Likely from Polish krala (“queen (card games)”), from Czech král (“king”), with -я (-ja).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkralʲɐ]

кра́ля • (králja) f pers (genitive кра́лі, nominative plural кра́лі, genitive plural краль)

1. beauty, beautiful woman

   Synonym: красу́ня (krasúnja)

2. (dated) queen

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “краля”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “краля”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “краля”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka