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 (aorist kalba, participle kalbur)

  1. to rot, go bad

Old High German

Alternative forms
  • chalb, chalp

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kalbaz.

Noun

kalb n

  1. 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

References
  1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
  2. Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition
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