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kalb

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *golbʰ-, *gʷolbʰ- (conglobate, swell). Compare Latin globus (a round body, ball, sphere, globe, heap, clump), Old Norse kalfabōt (hip area, hip joint of meat), Old High German wazzarkalb (swelling, tumescence through water).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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kalb (aorist kalba, participle kalbur)

  1. to rot, go bad

Conjugation

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Old High German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *kalbaz.

Noun

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kalb n

  1. calf

Declension

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Declension of kalb
singular plural
nominative kalb kelbir
accusative kalb kelbir
genitive kalbes kelbiro
dative kalbe kelbirum, kelbirom
instrumental kalbu, kalbo kelbirum, kelbirom

Descendants

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  • Middle High German: kalp

References

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  • Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch[1] (in German), 6th edition
  • Wright, Joseph (1906), An Old High German Primer[2], second edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press