kalë

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See also: kale, Kale, Kâle, and kalė

Albanian

Dy kuaj
Two horses

Alternative forms

  • kval, kol (North Gheg)
  • plural: kual (Old Albanian)
  • plural: kuel (Çamëria dialect)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

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

Declension

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

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun "kalë"

Synonyms

Hypernyms

References

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