brinar
التعريفات والمعاني
== 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)
(derogatory) cuckold (man with unfaithful wife)
==== Declension ====
=== Adjective ===
brinar (feminine brinare)
(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
=== Further reading ===
“brinar”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026
Newmark, Leonard (1999), “brinar”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary