brest
See also: Brest
English edit
Noun edit
brest (plural brests)
- Obsolete spelling of breast
- 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Visions of the Worlds Vanitie”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:
- Thereout a strange beast with seven heads arose, / That townes and castles under her brest did coure.
Derived terms edit
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English brēost, from Proto-West Germanic *breust, from Proto-Germanic *breustą.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brest (plural brestes or bresten)
- chest, thorax
- The breast in several contexts:
- breastplate, chest plate
- womb
- The front portion of a band or troop
Descendants edit
References edit
- “brẹ̄st, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-04.
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse brestr, from Proto-Germanic *brestuz; influenced by the cognate Old English byrst. Doublet of burst.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brest (plural brestes)
Descendants edit
- English: bryst (obsolete)
References edit
- “brest, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-04.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
brest m (definite singular bresten, indefinite plural brestar or brester, definite plural brestane or brestene)
- a crack
- Det er ein brest i dette glaset.
- There is a crack in this glass.
- a flaw
- Det er ein brest i logikken din.
- There is a flaw in your logic.
References edit
- “brest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *berstъ.
Noun edit
brȇst m (Cyrillic spelling бре̑ст)
- elm (tree)
Declension edit
Declension of brest
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | brest | brestovi |
genitive | bresta | brestova |
dative | brestu | brestovima |
accusative | brest | brestove |
vocative | breste | brestovi |
locative | brestu | brestovima |
instrumental | brestom | brestovima |
Slovene edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *berstъ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brẹ̄st or brȅst m inan
- elm (tree)
Inflection edit
Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | brést | ||
gen. sing. | brésta | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
brést | brésta | brésti |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
brésta | bréstov | bréstov |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
bréstu | bréstoma | bréstom |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
brést | brésta | bréste |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
bréstu | bréstih | bréstih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
bréstom | bréstoma | brésti |
Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
nom. sing. | brèst | ||
gen. sing. | brésta | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
brèst | brésta | brésti |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
brésta | bréstov | bréstov |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
bréstu | bréstoma | bréstom |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
brèst | brésta | bréste |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
bréstu | bréstih | bréstih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
bréstom | bréstoma | brésti |
Further reading edit
- “brest”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh brest, from Middle English brest. Compare Cornish brest.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brest m or f (plural brestiau or brestau or brestydd or brestys)
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
brest | frest | mrest | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “brest”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies