breda
Jamaican Creole
editNoun
editbreda (plural breda dem, quantified breda)
- Alternative spelling of bredda
Middle Dutch
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editbrêdâ ?
- Breda (a city in the modern Netherlands)
Inflection
editThis noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
edit- Dutch: Breda
Further reading
edit- “breda”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
Old Frisian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *brēdaną.
Verb
editbrēda
- to roast
Inflection
editConjugation of brēda (strong class 7)
infinitive | brēda | |
---|---|---|
indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | brēde | brēd |
2nd person singular | brēdest, brēdst | brēdest, brēdst |
3rd person singular | brēdeth, brēdth | brēd |
plural | brēdath | brēden |
subjunctive | present | past |
singular | brēde | brēde |
plural | brēde, brēden | brēde, brēden |
imperative | present | |
singular | brēd | |
plural | brēdeth | |
participle | present | past |
brēdande | ebrēden, brēden |
Descendants
edit- West Frisian: briede
Swedish
editEtymology 1
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
editbreda
Etymology 2
editFrom Old Swedish brēþa, from Old Norse breiða, from Proto-Germanic *braidijaną.
Verb
editbreda (present breder, preterite bredde, supine brett, imperative bred)
- to spread
- Smittan breder ut sig
- The infection is spreading
- bre mjukost på en macka
- put [spread] cheese spread on a sandwich
- to butter (a sandwich)
- Han brer mackan
- He butters the sandwich
- (by extension) to make (a sandwich, including adding any toppings or fillings (which the butter is not considered as – sandwiches are almost always buttered in Swedish cuisine))
- Hon gick till köket och bredde sig en macka
- She went to the kitchen and made herself a (buttered) sandwich
- (with på) to lay it on (thick)
- (with på) to deliberately speak with a broad dialect
Usage notes
editThe apocopic form bre is more common than breda in senses besides (sense 1) (where bre is still more common for spreading something on a sandwich). See also the usage notes for smöra (“to butter”).
Conjugation
editConjugation of breda (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | breda | bredas | ||
Supine | brett | bretts | ||
Imperative | bred | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | breden | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | breder | bredde | breds, bredes | breddes |
Ind. plural1 | breda | bredde | bredas | breddes |
Subjunctive2 | brede | bredde | bredes | breddes |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | bredande | |||
Past participle | bredd | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Derived terms
edit- bredbar (“spreadable”)
References
edit- breda in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- breda in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- breda in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams
editCategories:
- Jamaican Creole lemmas
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- Middle Dutch nouns
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- Old Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Frisian lemmas
- Old Frisian verbs
- Old Frisian class 7 strong verbs
- Swedish non-lemma forms
- Swedish adjective forms
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish lemmas
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- Swedish weak verbs