кал

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Bulgarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *kalъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

кал (kalf

  1. mud, dirt

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • кал in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
  • кал in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)

Erzya[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Uralic *kala. Cognate with Finnish kala.

Noun[edit]

кал (kal)

  1. fish

Hyponyms[edit]

Macedonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *kalъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [kaɫ]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

кал (kalm or f (plural калови, diminutive калца, augmentative калиште)

  1. mud

Declension[edit]

(Masculine declension)

(Feminine declension)

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Moksha[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Uralic *kala[1].

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

кал (kal)

  1. fish
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski [Let's learn to speak Moksha], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN
      ка/л, -лхт — рыба
      ka/l, -lht — riba
      fish [plural ending] — fish [in Russian]
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN
      Максода тейне кило́ кал / банка калонь консе́рва.
      Maksoda ťejńe kiló kal / banka kaloń konśérva.
      [Please] give me a kilo of fish / a can of canned fish.
      Аряда калонь кунда́ма!
      Aŕada kaloń kundáma!
      Let's go fishing (lit. "catching fish")!

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Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ kala in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN

Russian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Old East Slavic калъ (kalŭ, mud, muddy puddle, scum, sewage), from Proto-Slavic *kalъ (mud, swamp).

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Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

кал (kalm inan (genitive ка́ла, nominative plural ка́лы, genitive plural ка́лов)

  1. dung, excrement, feces, poo
    Synonyms: испражне́ния (ispražnénija), наво́з (navóz), помёт (pomjót), стул (stul), экскреме́нты (ekskreménty), фека́лии (fekálii)
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Etymology 2[edit]

Abbreviation of кало́рия (kalórija, calorie).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [kɐˈɫorʲɪjə] (phonetic respelling: кало́рия)

Noun[edit]

кал (kalf inan (indeclinable)

  1. cal, calorie

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *kalъ, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂los (dark), whence also Latin cālīgō (darkness, gloom) and Sanskrit काल (kāla, black).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ка̑л m (Latin spelling kȃl)

  1. mud
    Synonyms: блато, муљ, каљуга

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Ukrainian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old East Slavic калъ (kalŭ), from Proto-Slavic *kalъ (dirt).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

кал (kalm inan (genitive ка́лу, uncountable)

  1. excrement, feces, poo, dung
  2. (figuratively, vulgar) crap, junk, trash, shit
  3. (dated or dialectal) dirt, mud

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