kalba

See also: kalbą

Czech

Noun

kalba f

  1. (colloquial) carousal, drinking party

Synonyms

Further reading

  • kalba in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kele- (“to shout”), which is imitative; see also Old English hlowan (“to low, make a noise like a cow”), Old High German halan (“to call”), Ancient Greek κλεδον (kledon, “report, fame”), κλήση (klḗsē, “to call”), κέλαδος (kélados, “noise”), Middle Irish cailech (“cock”), Latin calō (“to call out, announce solemnly”), Sanskrit उषःकाल (uṣaḥkāla, “cock, literally dawn-calling”).

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): [kɐlˈbɐ]

Noun

kalbà f (plural kal̃bos) stress pattern 4

  1. language
  2. speech (vocal communication)
Declension

Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɐlbɐ]

Noun

kal̃ba f

  1. vocative singular form of kalba.

Verb

kal̃ba

  1. third-person singular present tense of kalbėti.
  2. third-person plural present tense of kalbėti.

Samogitian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kele- (“to shout”).

Noun

kalba f (plural kalbas)

  1. language

Declension

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