kalë

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kale"

Albanian

dy kuaj ― two horses

Alternative forms

• kval, kol — northern Gheg
• kālë — Old Albanian
• plural: kual — Old Albanian
• plural: kuel — Cham

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

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

Declension of kalë

Hypernyms

• allat
• allç
• balash
• bardho
• bishtkorrë
• dori
• vraç

 

Derived terms

• kalas
• kalëroj
• kalëshalë
• kaliqafë
• kalisem
• kalojë
• kaloras
• kalore
• kalorës
• kalorthi
• kaluç
• kalush
• shkaloj

 

See also

• pelë, mëz, hamshor

References

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

Further reading

• Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 9: “caballus, cavallo — caale”