brinar
Appearance
Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A Gheg formation, from brî, brini (“horn”) + -ar. Compare Romanian încornorat, Macedonian рогоносец (rogonosec).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]brinar m (plural brinarë)
- (derogatory) cuckold (man with unfaithful wife)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | brinar | brinari | brinarë | brinarët |
accusative | brinarin | |||
dative | brinari | brinarit | brinarëve | brinarëve |
ablative | brinarësh |
Adjective
[edit]brinar (feminine brinare)
References
[edit]- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1], 1980, page 180
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “brinjar”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 37b
- von Godin, M. A. (1930) Wörterbuch der albanischen und deutschen Sprache, Leipzig