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”).

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

Derived terms

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