brinar

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • brinjar / brîjar — dialectal

Etymology

A Gheg formation, from brî, brini (“horn”) +‎ -ar. Compare Romanian încornorat, Macedonian рогоносец (rogonosec).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɾiˈnaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ

Noun

brinar m (plural brinarë)

  1. (derogatory) cuckold (man with unfaithful wife)

Declension

Declension of brinar
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative brinar brinari brinarë brinarët
accusative brinarin
dative brinari brinarit brinarëve brinarëve
ablative brinarësh

Adjective

brinar (feminine brinare)

  1. (derogatory) adulterous, unfaithful

References

  • 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
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