kval

kval m

1. (northern Gheg) Alternative form of kalë

• Mann, S. E. (1948) “kval”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 232

• hval

From Old Norse hvalr.

• IPA^(key): /kʋɑːɽ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɽ

kval m (definite singular kvalen, indefinite plural kvaler, definite plural kvalene)

1. a whale

• “kval” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse hvalr, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“sheatfish”). Akin to English whale.

• IPA^(key): /kʋɑːl/, /kʋɑːɽ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːl, -ɑːɽ

kval m (definite singular kvalen, indefinite plural kvalar, definite plural kvalane)

1. a whale
   • 1856, Ivar Aasen, Norske Ordsprog:

     Dat kjem inkje kvart Aar Kval paa Land.

     It is not every year that whales come on shore.

From Old Norse kvǫl f, from Proto-Germanic *kwalō. Related to kvele.

kval m (definite singular kvalen, indefinite plural kvalar, definite plural kvalane)

1. suffering, agony

• Was also considered feminine prior to the 1959 spelling reform.

• samvitskval

• “kval” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “kval”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
• “kval” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

From Old Swedish qval, from Old Norse kvǫl, from Proto-Germanic *kwalō. Cognate of German Qual, Dutch kwaal, Old English cwalu. Compare origin of kvälja.

kval n

1. pain, suffering, anguish, pang

• lidande

• i valet och kvalet
• samvetskval

Clipping of kvalificering. Attested since 1941.

kval n

1. (sports, colloquial) qualification

• kvalificering

• kvalgrupp
• kvalmatch

• kvala

• kval in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kval in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kval in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• kval in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)