pokraj
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpokraj]
Noun
pokraj m inan
Declension
Declension of pokraj (soft masculine inanimate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pokraj | pokraje |
| genitive | pokraje | pokrajů |
| dative | pokraji | pokrajům |
| accusative | pokraj | pokraje |
| vocative | pokraji | pokraje |
| locative | pokraji | pokrajích |
| instrumental | pokrajem | pokraji |
Further reading
- “pokraj”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “pokraj”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “pokraj”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pôkraj/
- Hyphenation: po‧kraj
Preposition
pȍkraj (Cyrillic spelling по̏крај) [with genitive]
- alongside, next to, beside (= pȍred, krȁj, dȍ)
- Dođi, s(j)edni pokraj mene. ― Come here. Sit next to me.
- past, by (so as to move from one side of something to the other (= pȍred, krȁj)
- Metak je proletio točno pokraj mene. ― The bullet flew right by me.
- (regional) along, down (in a constant direction with or opposite another (= nȉz, dȕž, ȕzdūž)
- C(ij)elu večer proveli smo hodajući pokraj obale. ― We spent the entire evening walking along the shore.
See also
Further reading
- “pokraj”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025