kalë

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "kale"

Albanian

dy kuaj ― two horses

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Late Latin caballus (“horse”). 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”). Compare Romanian cal, Aromanian cal, French cheval, Lombard càal.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

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

Declension

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

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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

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