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shka'llė
nf 1 ladder, stepladder 2 stairway, staircase; stairway entrance 3 (Geog) stepped path up a steep mountain 4 calibrated scale 5 [Fig] scale (of magnitude); range, series; extent 6 [Fig] level; rank; class; order 7 (Ling) degree (in comparison) 8 gouge mark; nick, notch; part (in hair) 9 forked prop used as an aid to load a pack saddle with something heavy 10 = shka'lle
II§ np bleachers (in a stadium/arena)
shkallėt e krahasimit [Ling] degrees of (grammatical) comparison
shkalla krahasore e sipėrisė [Ling] superlative degree of comparison
shkalla krahasore e ultėsisė [Ling] inferior degree (in comparisons)
shkalla krahasore the comparative degree
Shkalla e lartė do/kėrkon kėmbė tė fortė. [Prov] "A tall ladder demands strong legs." An ambitious undertaking requires a strong will.
shkallė ngjitėse [Mus] ascending scale
shkallė njerėzish people of the same generation
shkalla e skelės [Old] harbor dock, jetty
shkallė suedeze parallel wall bars used in gymnastic exercises: Swedish bars, wall ladder
shkallė superiore [Ling] superlative degree

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III§ adv, adj stepped, step-like: terraced; wavy (hair)
IV§ adv gradually

shka'llė|z nf 1 = shkalla're 2 [Dimin] < shka'llė