Like Latin caballus (“pack-horse”), is an Asiatic loan or Wanderwort. It has been compared with Proto-Slavic *kobýla (“mare”) and Persian کول (kaval, “second class horse of mixed blood”). Maybe borrowed from Proto-Iranian *kabah, *kabalah, compare Khotanese (kabä, “horse”), and possibly cognate with Latin cabō (“gelding”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kebʰ- (“worn-out horse, nag”).
κᾰβᾰ́λλης • (kabállēs) m (genitive κᾰβᾰ́λλου); first declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ κᾰβᾰ́λλης ho kabállēs |
τὼ κᾰβᾰ́λλᾱ tṑ kabállā |
οἱ κᾰβᾰ́λλαι hoi kabállai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κᾰβᾰ́λλου toû kabállou |
τοῖν κᾰβᾰ́λλαιν toîn kabállain |
τῶν κᾰβᾰλλῶν tôn kaballôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κᾰβᾰ́λλῃ tôi kabállēi |
τοῖν κᾰβᾰ́λλαιν toîn kabállain |
τοῖς κᾰβᾰ́λλαις toîs kabállais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κᾰβᾰ́λλην tòn kabállēn |
τὼ κᾰβᾰ́λλᾱ tṑ kabállā |
τοὺς κᾰβᾰ́λλᾱς toùs kabállās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κᾰβᾰ́λλη kabállē |
κᾰβᾰ́λλᾱ kabállā |
κᾰβᾰ́λλαι kabállai | ||||||||||
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