fle

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See also: FLE, FLÉ, flè, and f'lé

Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *awa-leja, cognate to Proto-Slavic *lějǫ (“to doze, to slumber”), *lějati.[1]

Verb[edit]

fle (aorist fjeta, participle fjetur)

  1. to sleep

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 99

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

flē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of fleō

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old English flēa, a form of flēah (→ the alternative form fleigh), from Proto-West Germanic *flauh, from Proto-Germanic *flauhaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

fle (plural flen or flees or fleghes)

  1. flea

Descendants[edit]

  • English: flea (dialectal fleck)
  • Scots: flech, flaich, fle, flae
  • Yola: fleen (plural)

References[edit]

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