kri

• krî (Gheg)

Singulare tantum; from Proto-Albanian *kriwi, from dialectal Proto-Indo-European *kʷŕ̥wis (“worm”) (compare Serbo-Croatian cȓv), dialectal variant of *kʷŕ̥mis. More at krimb.

kri f (indefinite plural kri, definite singular kria)

1. woodworm
2. furniture beetle (Anobium punctatum)

• IPA^(key): [kriː]

kri n

1. animal sound of the tern (terna)

kri

1. animal sound of the tern

From Proto-Slavic *kry, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *krouio, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“blood of a wound”).

kri f (Cyrillic spelling кри)

1. blood

From Proto-Slavic *kry, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *krouio, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“blood of a wound”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkríː/
• Tonal orthography: krȋ

krí f (genitive krví, uncountable)

1. blood
   • Srečko Kosovel, Ekstaza Smrti, lines 15-21

     A, iz oblaka večernega (zadnjega

     sla, ki oznanja Evropi še luč!)

     lije kri v moje trudno srce,

     joj, in vode ni več v Evropi

     in mi ludje pijemo kri,

     kri iz večernih sladkih oblakov.

     - Vse je ekstaza, ekstaza smrti. -

From Proto-Tocharian *käryā-, from Proto-Indo-European *kṛd(i)yeh₂-, from *ḱḗr, whence also English heart, Old Irish cride. Compare Tocharian B käryāñ (“hearts”).

kri

1. will