këndell

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a noun *këndell(i), borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin candela (light, fire).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kəˈndɛɫ]

Verb

këndell (aorist këndella, participle këndellur)

  1. to vitalize, revitalize, liven up
    Synonym: gjallëroj
    Na këndellën fjalët e tij.
    His words revitalized us.
  2. to recover, heal, regenerate
    U këndellëm pas humbjes së djeshme.
    We recovered from yesterday's defeat.
  3. to redden
    E këndelli hekurin në zjarr.
    He reddened the iron on the fire.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • këndellem
  • këndellje

References

  1. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “këndell”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 746