kalë

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kale"

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from 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”).[1] Compare Romanian cal, Aromanian cal, French cheval, Lombard càal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkalə/, [kaːl]

Noun

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

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

Declension

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

Hypernyms

Derived terms

See also

Chess pieces in Albanian · figurat e shahut (layout · text)
mbret mbretëreshë kullë fil kalë ushtar

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Topalli, Kolec (2017) “kalë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), 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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