kalë

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
  • IPA(key): /ˈkalə/, [kaːl]

Noun

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

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

Declension
declension of kalë
indefinite forms
(trajta të pashquara)		 definite forms
(trajta të shquara)
singular
(numri njëjës)		 plural
(numri shumës)		 singular
(numri njëjës)		 plural
(numri shumës)
nominative
(emërore)		 kalë kuaj kali kuajt
accusative
(kallëzore)		 kalë kuaj kalin kuajt
genitive
(gjinore)
(i/e/të/së)		 kali kuajve kalit kuajve
dative
(dhanore)		 kali kuajve kalit kuajve
ablative
(rrjedhore)		 kali kuajsh kalit kuajve

Derived terms
Terms derived from the noun "kalë"
  • kala-
  • kalëroj
  • kaloj
  • shkaloj
  • kalore
  • kaloras
  • kalisem
  • kalas
  • kalëshalë
  • kaliqafë
  • kalojë
  • kalorës
  • kalorthi
  • kalush
  • kaluç

Synonyms

Hypernyms

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