brinjë

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *bhren, from Proto-Indo-European *bhren- (to stick out; edge). Compare Old English brant, Old Norse brattr (high, sharp), brand (sword), Irish braine (front part of the ship; guide, leader; edge, border), Swedish brå (sharp). Alternatively a formation from bri.

Noun[edit]

brinjë f (plural brinjë, definite brinja, definite plural brinjët)

  1. rib
  2. (geometry) side, edge

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Further reading[edit]

  • brinjë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • “brinjë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980