tangë

See also: tange, Tange, and tangé

Albanian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Albanian *tangā, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *tǫga (grief).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

tangë f (plural tanga, definite tanga, definite plural tangat)

  1. resentment, prejudice, damnation

Declension

Declension of tangë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tangë tanga tanga tangat
accusative tangën
dative tange tangës tangave tangave
ablative tangash

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 40

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “tangë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[3]