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kall

kall

Albanian

Alternative forms

Verb

kall ‎(first-person singular past tense kalla, participle kallë)

  1. to stick (on, into), put (up), thrust, instigate

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.210

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse karl, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Cognate with Swedish karl.

Noun

kall m

  1. man (male human)
  2. husband
Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

kall

  1. imperative of kalle

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish kalder, kaller, from Old Norse kaldr, from Proto-Germanic *kaldaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gel-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kal/

Adjective

kall

  1. cold; having a low temperature.
  2. unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling.

Inflection

Inflection of kall
Indefinite/attributive Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular kall kallare kallast
Neuter singular kallt kallare kallast
Plural kalla kallare kallast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 kalle kallare kallaste
All kalla kallare kallaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role.

See also

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *kalei-, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH- 'to prick, jab (into); thrust (into)'. Cognate to Lithuanian kálti ‎(“to strike, forge”) and Russian колоть ‎(kolótь, “to prick, jab, hoe, hack”)[1].

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