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

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