brej

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *brainja, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHi- ‘to cut, spoil’ (compare English brine, Latin friāre ‘to rub, crumble’).

Verb

brej (first-person singular past tense brejta, participle brejtur)

  1. to gnaw
  2. to corrode, to eat away
Derived terms
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