cangël

Albanian

Alternative forms

• congël
• cëngël

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.

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

• cangëloj

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