kangjele

Albanian

Alternative forms

• kangjel, kangjelë, kangjell

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin canticellum (compare Romanian cântecel). According to Çabej an Albanian derivative of këngë with suffix -el.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈɟele/
• Rhymes: -ele
• Hyphenation: kan‧gjé‧le

Noun

kangjele f (plural kangjéle, definite kangjélja, definite plural kangjélet)

1. (literary, Arbëresh, Arvanitika) song: part of an epic poetry piece

   Synonym: këngë

Declension

Declension of kangjele

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	kangjele	kangjele	kangjela	kangjelet
accusative			kangjelen
dative	kangjele	kangjeleve	kangjeles	kangjeleve
ablative		kangjelesh

Further reading

• “kangjele”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “kangjele”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “kangjél”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 168