kalb
See also: Kalb
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *golbʰ-, *gʷolbʰ- 'conglobate, swell'. Compare Latin globus (“a round body, ball, sphere, globe, heap, clump”), Old Norse kalfabōt (“hip area, hip joint of meat”), Old High German wazzarkalb (“swelling, tumescence through water”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɑlb] (Tosk)
- IPA(key): [qɒlb] (Gheg)
Verb
kalb (first-person singular past tense kalba, participle kalbur)
- to rot, go bad
Related terms
- qelb
- këlbazë
- këlboqe
Old High German
Alternative forms
- chalb, chalp
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kalbaz.
Noun
kalb n
- calf
Declension
declension of kalb
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | kalb | kelbir |
accusative | kalb | kelbir |
genitive | kalbes | kelbiro |
dative | kalbe | kelbirum, kelbirom |
instrumental | kalbu, kalbo | kelbirum, kelbirom |
Descendants
- Middle High German: kalp
- Alemannic German: Chalp
- Central Franconian: Kallev
- Cimbrian: khalp, khalbe
- German: Kalb
- Luxembourgish: Kallef
- Vilamovian: kołp
- Yiddish: קאַלב (kalb)
References
- Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
- Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition