pokraj

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpokraj]

Noun

pokraj m inan

1. edge, periphery

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)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pôkraj/
• Hyphenation: po‧kraj

Preposition

pȍkraj (Cyrillic spelling по̏крај) (+ genitive case)

1. alongside, next to, beside (= pȍred, krȁj, dȍ)

   Dođi, s(j)edni pokraj mene. ― Come here. Sit next to me.

2. 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.

3. (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

• pored

Further reading

• “pokraj”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024