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калам

[kʰaˈlam]

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Transcription
[kʰaˈlam]
Syllables
ка·лам · 2 syllables
Sound pattern
CV.CVC · C = consonant, V = vowel
Latin spelling
kalam

Syllables, stress pattern and Latin spelling are worked out from the spelling by rule.

Meaning

  1. 1

    word; speech, conversation, discourse

    слово; речь, беседа, разговор

  2. 2

    utterance, phrase

    высказывание, фраза

  3. 3

    ling. speech (kalam)

    лингв. речь (kalam)

Communication Linguistics

Grammar what kind of word it is, and how it behaves Show ▾ Hide ▴
Part of speech
Noun
Noun class
class III · things and animals
Declension
Second Declension (-лъ)
Number
countable · has a singular and a plural
Plural
каламал
Borrowed
Yes
From language
arabic
Etymology
loanword
Etymology language
arabic
Homograph group
290940
Database id
290939
Added
2026-08-24
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Morphology and grammar info 24 stored forms · Grey means we worked it out by rule, not from a text. Show ▾ Hide ▴

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🔤 Noun Cases
Tip: Click on the colored attestation badges (15) next to any word form to see usage examples from the corpus.
Core Cases
Case Singular In texts Plural In texts
Nominative who / what
калам /[kʰalam]/
🔒 865
каламал /[kʰalamal]/
🔒 7
Ergative by whom
каламалъ /[kʰalamaɬ]/
🔒 55
каламаз /[kʰalamaz]/
🔒 1
Genitive of whom / of what
каламалъул /[kʰalamaɬul]/
🔒 146
каламазул /[kʰalamazul]/
🔒 5
Dative to whom
каламалъе /[kʰalamaɬe]/
🔒 17
каламазе /[kʰalamaze]/
0
Locative (Spatial) Cases
Series 1 -да · on, on the surface
Case Singular In texts Plural In texts
Locative where
каламалда /[kʰalamalda]/
🔒 45
каламазда /[kʰalamazda]/
0
Allative to where
каламалде /[kʰalamalde]/
🔒 12
каламазде /[kʰalamazde]/
🔒 2
Ablative from where
каламалдаса /[kʰalamaldasa]/
🔒 25
каламаздаса /[kʰalamazdasa]/
0
Perlative through / along
каламалдасан /[kʰalamaldasan]/
🔒 7
каламаздасан /[kʰalamazdasan]/
0
Series 2 -хъ · at, by, near
Case Singular In texts Plural In texts
Locative where
каламалъухъ /[kʰalamaɬuq͡χː]/
🔒 16
каламазухъ /[kʰalamazuq͡χː]/
0
Allative to where
каламалъухъе /[kʰalamaɬuq͡χːe]/
0
каламазухъе /[kʰalamazuq͡χːe]/
0
Ablative from where
каламалъухъа /[kʰalamaɬuq͡χːa]/
0
каламазухъа /[kʰalamazuq͡χːa]/
0
Perlative through / along
каламалъухъан /[kʰalamaɬuq͡χːan]/
0
каламазухъан /[kʰalamazuq͡χːan]/
0
Series 3 -лъ · in, inside
Case Singular In texts Plural In texts
Locative where
каламалъулъ /[kʰalamaɬuɬ]/
🔒 23
каламазулъ /[kʰalamazuɬ]/
🔒 1
Allative to where
каламалъулъе /[kʰalamaɬuɬe]/
🔒 1
каламазулъе /[kʰalamazuɬe]/
0
Ablative from where
каламалъулъа /[kʰalamaɬuɬa]/
🔒 1
каламазулъа /[kʰalamazuɬa]/
0
Perlative through / along
каламалъулъан /[kʰalamaɬuɬan]/
0
каламазулъан /[kʰalamazuɬan]/
0
Series 4 -кь · under, beneath
Case Singular In texts Plural In texts
Locative where
каламалъукь /[kʰalamaɬut͡ɬʼː]/
0
каламазукь /[kʰalamazut͡ɬʼː]/
0
Allative to where
каламалъукье /[kʰalamaɬut͡ɬʼːe]/
0
каламазукье /[kʰalamazut͡ɬʼːe]/
0
Ablative from where
каламалъукьа /[kʰalamaɬut͡ɬʼːa]/
0
каламазукьа /[kʰalamazut͡ɬʼːa]/
0
Perlative through / along
каламалъукьан /[kʰalamaɬut͡ɬʼːan]/
0
каламазукьан /[kʰalamazut͡ɬʼːan]/
0
Series 5 -б · among, within a mass
Case Singular In texts Plural In texts
Locative where
каламалъуб /[kʰalamaɬub]/
0
каламазуб /[kʰalamazub]/
0
Allative to where
каламалъубе /[kʰalamaɬube]/
0
каламазубе /[kʰalamazube]/
0
Ablative from where
каламалъуса /[kʰalamaɬusa]/
0
каламазуса /[kʰalamazusa]/
0
Perlative through / along
каламалъусан /[kʰalamaɬusan]/
0
каламазусан /[kʰalamazusan]/
0
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From the corpus sentences from real texts Show ▾ Hide ▴

  • Мусаца щиб малъаниги, гӀемерисеб мехалъ калам гьечӀого тӀубазабула гьес.

    Что бы ни поручал ему Муса, в большинстве случаев он выполняет беспрекословно.

    Sentence examples

  • баянкьолеб калам

    разъяснение

  • калам къотӀараб

    безоговорочный | безусловный | беспрекословный

  • магӀна гьечӀеб калам

    пустословие

  • рагьун абичӀеб калам

    намёк

  • бухьен гьечӀеб калам

    бред

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