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russian word

edge, brink, rim in Russian: край

nounmasclevel B1#576 by frequency

every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum

Не ставь стакан на самый край стола. Don't put the glass on the very edge of the table.

Чашка стоит на самом краю стола. The cup is standing right on the edge of the table.

Он много путешествовал и побывал в далёких краях. He travelled a lot and visited distant lands.

В наших краях зима всегда долгая и снежная. In our region the winter is always long and snowy.

What does край mean in Russian?

01

edge, brink, rim

Не ставь стакан на самый край стола.

Don't put the glass on the very edge of the table.

Чашка стоит на самом краю стола.

The cup is standing right on the edge of the table.

02

region, land, area

Он много путешествовал и побывал в далёких краях.

He travelled a lot and visited distant lands.

В наших краях зима всегда долгая и снежная.

In our region the winter is always long and snowy.

Declension of край

Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.

singularplural
nomкрайкрая
genкрая / краюкраёв
datкраюкраям
accкрайкрая
insкраемкраями
prepкрае / краюкраях