кал

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Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kalъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
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  • Rhymes: -aɫ

Noun

кал (kalf

  1. mud, dirt

Declension

References

  • кал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • кал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Anagrams

Erzya

Кал.

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *kalə, from Proto-Uralic *kala (fish). Cognates include Finnish kala, Kildin Sami кӯлль (kūll’), Eastern Mari кол (kol), Hungarian hal, Tundra Nenets халя (xalya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: кал

Noun

кал (kal)

  1. fish
    • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 21:
      I ježeli väševeľ kal, maksovoľ tenze jozne?
      Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

Declension

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Hyponyms

References

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kalъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

кал (kalm or f (plural калови, diminutive калца, augmentative калиште)

  1. mud

Declension

(Masculine declension)

Declension of кал
singular plural
indefinite кал (kal) калови (kalovi)
definite unspecified калот (kalot) каловите (kalovite)
definite proximal калов (kalov) каловиве (kalovive)
definite distal калон (kalon) каловине (kalovine)
vocative калу (kalu) калови (kalovi)
count form кала (kala)

(Feminine declension)

Declension of кал
singular
indefinite кал (kal)
definite unspecified калта (kalta)
definite proximal калва (kalva)
definite distal кална (kalna)
vocative кал (kal)

Derived terms

Moksha

Кал.

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *kalə, from Proto-Uralic *kala. Cognate with Erzya кал (kal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: кал

Noun

кал (kal)

  1. fish

Declension

Declension of кал
singular plural
nominative
(...)
кал
kal
калхт
kalht
genitive
(of ...)
калонь
kaloń
dative
(to ...)
калонди
kalońďi
comparative
(like ...)
калшка
kalška
ablative
(than ...)
калда
kalda
lative
(into ...)
калу
kalu
illative
(into ...)
калс
kals
inessive
(in ...)
калса
kalsa
elative
(out of ...)
калста
kalsta
prolative
(through ...)
калга
kalga
causative
(for ...)
калонкса
kalonksa
translative
(becoming ...)
калкс
kalks
abessive
(without ...)
калфтома
kalftoma
Definite declension of кал
singular plural
nominative
(...)
калсь
kaľś
калне
kaľńe
genitive
(of ...)
калть
kaľť
калнень
kaľńeń
dative
(to ...)
калти
kaľťi
калненди
kaľńeńďi

Derived terms

nouns

References

  • V. I. Shchankina (1993) “кал”, in Мокшень-рузонь валкс [Moksha-Russian dictionary], Saransk: MKI, →ISBN, page 41

Russian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic калъ (kalŭ, mud, muddy puddle, scum, sewage), from Proto-Slavic *kalъ (mud, swamp).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

кал (kalm inan (genitive ка́ла, nominative plural ка́лы, genitive plural ка́лов)

  1. dung, excrement, feces, poo
    Synonyms: испражне́ния (ispražnénija), наво́з (navóz), помёт (pomjót), стул (stul), экскреме́нты (ekskreménty), фека́лии (fekálii)
    • 1842, Николай Гоголь [Nikolai Gogol], chapter VIII, in Лакейская; English translation from (Please provide a date or year):
      Позво́льте вам доложи́ть, А́нна Гаври́ловна, что кучера́ кучера́м рознь. Оно́, коне́чно, так как кучера́, по обыкнове́нию бо́льше своему́, нахо́дятся неотлу́чно при лошадя́х, иногда́ подчища́ют, с позволе́ния сказа́ть, кал[...]
      Pozvólʹte vam doložítʹ, Ánna Gavrílovna, što kučerá kučerám roznʹ. Onó, konéšno, tak kak kučerá, po obyknovéniju bólʹše svojemú, naxódjatsja neotlúčno pri lošadjáx, inogdá podčiščájut, s pozvolénija skazátʹ, kal[...]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of кало́рия (kalórija, calorie).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):  (phonetic respelling: кало́рия)

Noun

кал (kalf inan (indeclinable)

  1. cal, calorie

Anagrams

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kalъ, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂los (dark), whence also Latin cālīgō (darkness, gloom) and Sanskrit काल (kāla, black).

Pronunciation

Noun

ка̑л m (Latin spelling kȃl)

  1. mud
    Synonyms: блато, муљ, каљуга

Declension

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic калъ (kalŭ), from Proto-Slavic *kalъ (dirt).

Pronunciation

Noun

кал (kalm inan (genitive ка́лу, uncountable)

  1. excrement, feces, poo, dung
  2. (figuratively, vulgar) crap, junk, trash, shit
  3. (dated or dialectal) dirt, mud

Declension

Derived terms

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