ґрайцар

Inherited from Old Slovak grajcár, probably from Hungarian *grajcár, a dialectal variant of krajcár, ultimately from German Kreuzer. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn ґрайца́рь (grajcárʹ), Polish grajcar, Serbo-Croatian крајцар / krajcar and Slovak grajciar. Doublet of Крайцар (Krajcar).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡrajt͡sar]
• Rhymes: -ajt͡sar
• Hyphenation: ґрай‧цар
• Homophone: Ґрайцар (Grajcar)

ґрайцар (grajcar) m inan (diminutive ґрайцарчок)

1. (historical, numismatics) kreuzer (former unit of currency of Austria(-Hungary), Germany, Switzerland, etc.)

   анї за ґрайцар ши нє лєпши од нього

   anji za grajcar ši nje ljepši od nʹoho

   you are not a whit better than him

   (literally, “not even for a kreuzer are you better than him”)

   нє мац анї ґрайцара (анї ґроша)

   nje mac anji grajcara (anji groša)

   to not even have a penny

   (literally, “to not even have a kreuzer (nor a groschen)”)

   потрошиц / видац (шицко) до ґрайцара

   potrošic / vidac (šicko) do grajcara

   to spend every last penny

   (literally, “to spend (everything) to the kreuzer”)

   складац ґрайцар ґу ґрайцару

   skladac grajcar gu grajcaru

   to save up money

   (literally, “to put a kreuzer besides a kreuzer”)

2. (chiefly in the plural) money (especially a small amount)

   Synonym: пенєжи (penježi)

• Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “grajciar”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC
• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1995), “крајцар”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (А – Њ), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 551
• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “ґрайцар”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy