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 (aorist fjeta, participle fjetur)

  1. to sleep

References
  1. 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

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of fleō

Middle English

Alternative forms

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)

  1. flea

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

References
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