cangël

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Çabej throws a possible relation to canguletë (“little sack”) and cangull (“little bag”) group of words, from the idea of a bag hanged in the waist. Originally developed in the Tosk dialect.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɑŋəl/
  • Rhymes: -əl
  • Hyphenation: cân‧gël

Noun

cangël f (plural cangla, definite cangla, definite plural canglat) (regional, colloquial)

  1. clothespin (usually metallic), peg, pin
    Synonyms: mbërtheckë, karficë, cimbidh
  2. (chiefly in the plural) rag, tatter
    Synonyms: leckë, zhele, rreckë

Declension

Declension of cangël
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative cangël cangla cangla canglat
accusative canglën
dative cangle canglës canglave canglave
ablative canglash

Adverb

cangël (regional)

  1. hanging, in suspense
    Synonyms: varur, pezull, vjerrë, tërthorazi, cufël
    iu thye dora e mbet cangël ― his hand got broken and was left hanging
  2. (figurative) pending, leave hanging
    Synonyms: mëdyshas, pezull, në erë

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987) “cangël”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, pages 9-10

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “cangël”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “cangël”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 46
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