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caval

See also: cavâl

English

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    From cava + -al.

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    caval (not comparable)

    1. (anatomy) Relating to the vena cava.

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    Dalmatian

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    Etymology

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      From Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”).

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      caval m

      1. horse
        • Matteo Bartoli, Il Dalmatico:
          el caval cuar per la cal
          the horse runs through the street

      Istriot

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      Etymology

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        From Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”).

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        caval m

        1. horse

        Occitan

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        Etymology

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          From Old Occitan caval, from Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), of Gaulish origin.

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          caval m (plural cavals)

          1. horse
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          References

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          • ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France[1] – map 269 – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
          • Müller, Daniela. 2011. Developments of the lateral in Occitan dialects and their Romance and cross-linguistic context. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Toulouse.
          • Oliviéri, Michèle & Sauzet, Patrick. 2016. Southern Gallo-Romance (Occitan). In Ledgeway, Adam & Maiden, Martin (eds.), The Oxford guide to the Romance languages, 319–349. Oxford University Press.
          1. ^ Müller 2011: 43. Likewise for the Auvergnat pronunciation.
          2. ^ First variant per Müller (2011: 43) and Oliviéri & Sauzet (2016: 325), the latter pointing out that it is a borrowing of French cheval. Other two variants per the ALF, which also shows the first variant.

          Old Occitan

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          Etymology

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            From Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), of Gaulish origin.

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            caval m (oblique plural cavals, nominative singular cavals, nominative plural caval)

            1. horse

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            • Occitan: caval

            Romagnol

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            caval m (plural cavël)

            1. horse

            Romanian

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            Etymology

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            Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قوال (kaval).

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            caval n (plural cavale)

            1. flute

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            singular plural
            indefinite definite indefinite definite
            nominative-accusative caval cavalul cavale cavalele
            genitive-dative caval cavalului cavale cavalelor
            vocative cavalule cavalelor

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            Venetan

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            caval m (plural cavałi)

            1. Western Venetan form of cavało
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