vlej

Albanian

Alternative forms

vyej

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)

(intransitive) to be worth
(intransitive, third person) to cost
(intransitive, third person) to serve (as something)
(impersonal, third person) to be worth

Derived terms

References

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

[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, K. (2017) “vlej”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1581

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