kalë

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kale"

Albanian
Dy kuaj
Two horses

Alternative forms

Etymology

From an earlier kālë, from Proto-Albanian *kəβal, borrowed through Vulgar Latin 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 definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative kalë kuaj kali kuajt
accusative kalin
dative kali kuajve kalit kuajvet
ablative kuajsh

Synonyms

Hypernyms

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

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