blej

Albanian

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'. Orel considers it a borrowing, from Vulgar Latin ablevāre (“to lift up, relieve (from)”).[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /blɛj/, /blej/

Verb

blej (aorist bleva, participle blerë) (Standard, Tosk)
blej (aorist bleva, participle blenë) (Gheg)

to purchase; to cheat; to barter

Derived terms

shpërblej

Related terms

References

Çabej, E. 1976a. Studime Gjuhësore I, Studime Etimologjike në Fushë të Shqipes, A-O. Prishtinë: Rilindja, p.71
Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “blej”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 29

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

[2] Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “blej”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 29