këndell

Albanian

Etymology

From a noun *këndell(i), from Latin candela (“light, fire”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kəˈndɛɫ]

Verb

këndell (first-person singular past tense këndella, participle këndellur)

  1. to vitalize, revitalize, liven up
    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.

Synonyms
  • gjallëroj

Derived terms
  • këndellem
  • këndellje

References
  1. Topalli, Kolec (2017), “këndell”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 746
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