kall
Albanian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Albanian *kalei-, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“to prick, jab (into); thrust (into)”). Cognate to Lithuanian kálti (“to strike, forge”) and Russian коло́ть (kolótʹ, “to prick, jab, hoe, hack”).[1]
References
- Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 210
Etymology 2
From Proto-Albanian *kapna, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷh₂wep- (“smoke, seethe”).
Etymology 3
From Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat”). The exact formation may be either *kolh₂-sos, whence also Proto-Slavic *kolsъ (“ear of grain”),[1][2][3] or *kolh₂-os, whence also Proto-Slavic *kolъ (“stake”).[4]
References
- Meyer, G. (1891) “kał”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, , page 168
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*kolsъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 152
- Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kalli”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 167
- Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 211–212
Elfdalian
Declension
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Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰatl/
- Rhymes: -atl
Declension
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
kall n (definite singular kallet, indefinite plural kall, definite plural kalla)
- a calling or vocation, religious or otherwise
- an office and/or the geographic area of said office
Derived terms
- prestekall
Etymology 2
From Old Norse karl, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Doublet of kar. Cognates include Elfdalian kall and Swedish karl.
Noun
kall m (definite singular kallen, indefinite plural kallar, definite plural kallane)
- an old man
- Synonym: gubbe
- a married man, husband
- kall og kjerring ― husband and wife
- dude, bloke, guy, chap, man
- Synonym: kar
- (folklore) (a general term for) a male supernatural creature
- a male bird
- Synonyms: hannfugl, stegg
- an old tree (with its crown cut)
- (often in compounds) an axle
- (botany) a flower of various genera
Related terms
- kjerring, kjelling
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
References
- “kall” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Etymology
From the verb kalla (“to call, shout”).
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “kall”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish kalder, kaller, from Old Norse kaldr, from Proto-Germanic *kaldaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gel-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kal/
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Inflection
Inflection of kall | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | kall | kallare | kallast |
Neuter singular | kallt | kallare | kallast |
Plural | kalla | kallare | kallast |
Masculine plural3 | kalle | 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 the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
See also
Noun
kall n
Declension
Declension of kall | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | kall | kallet | kall | kallen |
Genitive | kalls | kallets | kalls | kallens |