brengë
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Albanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Albanian *brainikā, derivative of *brainja (modern brej).[2]
Noun[edit]
brengë f (plural brenga, definite brenga, definite plural brengat)
- lump, swelling (on animals)
- Synonym: bullungë
- scar
- Synonym: shenjë
- (figurative) constant worry, serious trouble, hardship
- Synonym: hidhërim
- (old, medicine) diphtheria
- Synonym: difteria
Hyponyms[edit]
- brengë thiu (“sharp-leaved asparagus”) (Asparagus acutifolius)
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References[edit]
- ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 11, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 156