blej

Albanian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /blɛj/, /blej/

Etymology

From earlier *ble, cognate to Lithuanian blènst (“to see badly; to look”) and other Baltic cognates[1] (compare Latvian blendu (“have poor eye-sight, to be poor-sighted”)). The intermediate semantic development could have been 'to buy off, corrupt, cheat'.

Verb

blej (first-person singular past tense bleva, participle blerë)

  1. I purchase; I cheat; I barter
Derived terms

References
  1. Çabej, E. 1976a. Studime Gjuhësore I, Studime Etimologjike në Fushë të Shqipes, A-O. Prishtinë: Rilindja, p.71
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