kalibobë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• kalibobe, karabobe

Etymology

According to Orel, from an unattested Proto-Slavic *kalibobъ, compound of *kaliti + *bobъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaliˈbobə/
• Rhymes: -obə
• Hyphenation: ka‧li‧bó‧bë

Noun

kalibobë f (plural kaliboba, definite kaliboba, definite plural kalibobat) (botany)

1. lote, hackberry (Celtis), usually more specifically the European nettle tree (Celtis australis)

   Synonyms: vidhëz, carac, fojletë, çerçem, bobol

Declension

Declension of kalibobë

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	kalibobë	kaliboba	kaliboba	kalibobat
accusative			kalibobën
dative	kalibobe	kalibobave	kalibobës	kalibobave
ablative		kalibobash

Further reading

• “kalibobë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “kalibobë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “kalibobë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 176