vlej

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Attested in third person singular as vëljen (Matrënga), vien (Buzuku), vëjen (Bogdani). Borrowed from Latin valeō (“I am well, I am strong, I am worth”).[1][2][3].

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vlɛj/

Verb

vlej (first-person singular past tense vlejta, participle vlejtur)

  1. (intransitive) I am worth
  2. (intransitive) (third person) He/she costs
  3. (intransitive) (third person) He/she serves (as something)
  4. (impersonal) (third person) is worth

Derived terms
  • vlefshëm, vlefshmëri, vleftësoj
  • pavlefshëm, zhvleftësoj, nënvleftësoj

References
  1. Matzinger, Joachim (2006) Der Altalbanische Text Mbsuame e Krështerë (Dottrina Cristiana) des Lekë Matrënga von 1592, Dettelbach: J. H. Röll, page 238
  2. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 512
  3. Topalli, Kolec (2017), “vlej”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1581
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