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

Further reading

• “brinar”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “brinar”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press