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

Adjective

brinar (feminine brinare)

  1. (derogatory) adulterous, unfaithful

References
  • “brinar”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 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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