brinjë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bren-, 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
3. shore, bank; high ground

Declension

Declension of brinjë

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

Related terms

• bri

Further reading

• “brinjë”, 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