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kalë

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "kale"

Albanian

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dy kuaj ― two horses

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Late Latin caballus (“horse”).[1][2] Topalli suggests Gheg plural kual borrowed from Italian descendant cavallo, with phonetic development *këval > *kval > kual, whereas Tosk and standard kuaj was influenced by buaj, plural of buall (“bull”).[1] Compare Romanian cal, Aromanian cal, French cheval, Lombard càal.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    kalë m (plural kuaj, definite kali, definite plural kuajt)

    1. horse (Equus caballus)
      Synonym: at
    2. (chess) knight

    Declension

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    Declension of kalë
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative kalë kali kuaj kuajt
    accusative kalin
    dative kali kalit kuajve kuajve
    ablative kuajsh

    Hypernyms

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    Derived terms

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    See also

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    Chess pieces in Albanian · figurat e shahut (layout · text)
    ♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
    mbret mbretëreshë kullë fil, oficer kalë ushtar

    References

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    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Topalli, Kolec (2017), “kalë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, pages 696-697
    2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “kalë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 166

    Further reading

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