See also: FLE, FLÉ, flè, and f'lé

Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *awa-leja, cognate to Proto-Slavic *lějǫ (to doze, to slumber), *lějati.[1]

Verb edit

fle (aorist fjeta, participle fjetur)

  1. to sleep

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 99

Latin edit

Verb edit

flē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of fleō

Middle English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old English flēa, a form of flēah (→ the alternative form fleigh), from Proto-West Germanic *flauh, from Proto-Germanic *flauhaz.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

fle (plural flen or flees or fleghes)

  1. flea

Descendants edit

  • English: flea (dialectal fleck)
  • Scots: flech, flaich, fle, flae
  • Yola: fleen (plural)

References edit