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

Related terms

• qelb
• këlbazë
• këlboqe

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
  • Alemannic German: Chalp
  • Central Franconian: Kallev
  • Cimbrian: khalp, khalbe (Luserna)
  • German: Kalb
  • Luxembourgish: Kallef
  • Vilamovian: kołp
  • Yiddish: קאַלב (kalb)

References

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