брей

Bulgarian edit

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Брей

Etymology edit

Unclear. Lacks exact correspondences in other Slavic languages, however, formally matches Romanian brei (“dog's mercury”) (possibly borrowed or cognate to the Bulgarian word).

Per Mladenov: Related to obsolete Bulgarian бри́я (bríja, “to shave”);
Per Georgiev: Possibly akin to Ancient Greek βρῠ́ον (brúon, “moss”), deemed phonetically problematic.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [brɛj]
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Noun edit

брей • (brej) m

bryony (trailing plant of genus Tamus)
Synonym: (scientific name) диоскорея (dioskoreja)

Declension edit

Declension of брей

	singular
indefinite	брей brej
definite (subject form)	бре́ят bréjat
definite (object form)	бре́я bréja

References edit

“брей”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
Nayden Gerov (1895) “брѣй”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 80
Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “брей”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 76

Russian edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [brʲej]

Verb edit

брей • (brej)

second-person singular imperative imperfective of брить (britʹ)