vlej

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vlɛj/

Verb

vlej (aorist vlejta, participle vlejtur)

  1. (intransitive) to be worth
  2. (intransitive, third person) to cost
  3. (intransitive, third person) to serve (as something)
  4. (impersonal, third person) to be worth

Conjugation

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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 E. (1998) “vlej”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 512
  3. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “vlej”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1581
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