brengë

Albanian

Alternative forms

(Gheg) brengh (“scirro, tumore”).[1]
(Gheg) breng.

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *brainikā, derivative of *brainja (modern brej).[2]

Noun

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

brengë thiu (“sharp-leaved asparagus”) (Asparagus acutifolius)

Derived terms

brengos, brenguar

Compounds

brengëmadh, brengëshumë, brengëzënë

Related terms

brej

References

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, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 156

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