fle
See also: FLE, FLÉ, flè, and f'lé
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *awa-leja, cognate to Proto-Slavic *lějǫ (“to doze, to slumber”), *lějati.[1]
Verb
fle (first-person singular past tense fjeta, participle fjetur)
- I sleep
Related terms
- flihet
- gjumë
References
- Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 99
Latin
Verb
flē
- second-person singular present active imperative of fleō
Middle English
Alternative forms
- flee, flei, fleigh, fley
Etymology
Inherited from Old English flēa, a form of flēah (→ the alternative form fleigh), from Proto-West Germanic *flauh, from Proto-Germanic *flauhaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flɛː/, /flɛi̯(x)/
- Rhymes: -ɛː
Noun
fle (plural flen or flees or fleghes)
- flea
Descendants
- English: flea (dialectal fleck)
- Scots: flech, flaich, fle, flae
- Yola: fleen (plural)
References
- “flē, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-14.