Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *brъsnǫti (to sweep), secondarily influenced by obsolete бри́я (bríja, to shave).

The two meanings are still treated as distinct lemmas in Gerov's dictionary: respectively under бръ́снѫ (brǎ́snǫ, to sweep) and брь́снѫ (brʹ́snǫ, to shave).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈbrɤsnɐ]
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Verb edit

бръ́сна (brǎ́sna) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (obsolescent, original) to sweep, to rake
    1. (expressive) to hack, to flick, to thwack
    2. (figurative) to bite, to lash, to blow strongly (of wind)
    3. (figurative) to nearly touch the ground during flight (aviation jargon)
  2. (transitive) to shave, to trim (one's facial hair)
  3. (reflexive with се) to shave oneself

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