kalë

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See also: kale, Kale, Kâle, and kalė

Albanian[edit]

Dy kuaj
Two horses

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Etymology[edit]

From an earlier kālë, from Proto-Albanian *kəβal, borrowed through 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”).[3] Compare Romanian cal, Aromanian cal, French cheval, Lombard càal.

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Noun[edit]

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

  1. horse (Equus caballus)
  2. knight (chess)

Declension[edit]

declension of kalë
indefinite forms
(trajta të pashquara) 		definite forms
(trajta të shquara)
singular
(numri njëjës) 		plural
(numri shumës) 		singular
(numri njëjës) 		plural
(numri shumës)
nominative
(emërore) 		kalë kuaj kali kuajt
accusative
(kallëzore) 		kalë kuaj kalin kuajt
genitive
(gjinore)
(i/e/të/së) 		kali kuajve kalit kuajvet
dative
(dhanore) 		kali kuajve kalit kuajvet
ablative
(rrjedhore) 		kali kuajsh kalit kuajvet

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Terms derived from the noun "kalë"

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017), “kalë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 696-697
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “kalë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 166
  3. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017), “kalë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 696-697
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