vlej

Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

vyej

Etymology edit

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 edit

IPA^(key): /vlɛj/

Verb edit

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 edit

References edit

^ 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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