rrenë

See also: rrene

Albanian

Etymology

From rrej, from Proto-Indo-European *ar-. Compare Ancient Greek ἀρνέομαι (arnéomai, “refuses”), ἔξαρνος (éxarnos, “refusing, denying everything”), Old Armenian ուրանամ (uranam, “to deny everything, refuse”).

Noun

rrenë f (plural rrena, definite rrena, definite plural rrenat)

1. (colloquial) lie

   Synonym: gënjeshtër

Declension

Declension of rrenë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rrenë	rrena	rrena	rrenat
accusative		rrenën
dative	rrene	rrenës	rrenave	rrenave
ablative			rrenash

Related terms

• rrej
• rremë

Further reading

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