brinjë

Albanian

Etymology

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

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

1. rib
2. (geometry) side, edge

Declension

Declension of brinjë

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	brinjë	brinjë	brinja	brinjët
accusative			brinjën
dative	brinjeje	brinjëve	brinjës	brinjëve
ablative		brinjësh

Related terms

• bri

Further reading

• “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