cangël

Albanian

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

   Synonym: mbërtheckë

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

2. (figurative) pending, leave hanging

   Synonyms: mëdysh, pezull, në erë

Derived terms

• cangëloj

Further reading

• “cangël”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 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