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)
- I purchase; I cheat; I barter
Related terms
- blihem
- bli
- fle
Derived terms
- shpërblej
References
- Çabej, E. 1976a. Studime Gjuhësore I, Studime Etimologjike në Fushë të Shqipes, A-O. Prishtinë: Rilindja, p.71