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Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *breg(i)štā, from a disused verb, a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”). Compare Latin fragilis (“id”), English break, German bersten, Manx brish, Irish briste.
Adjective
i brishtë (feminine e brishtëe)
- fragile, brittle, friable
- Synonym: theç
- weak, slim
- Synonyms: i dobët, i hollë
- (figurative) oversensitive, thin-skinned
- Synonym: i ndjeshëm
References
- “brishtë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980
- “brishtë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “brizhdët”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 38