"brestr" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Old Norse]

IPA: /ˈbres.tr̩/ (note: 12th Century Icelandic)
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *brestuz (“fracture, impairment”), a u-stem, reanalyzed as an i-stem. Etymology templates: {{inh|non|gem-pro|*brestuz||fracture, impairment}} Proto-Germanic *brestuz (“fracture, impairment”) Head templates: {{head|non|noun|||or|||{{{datacc}}}||{{{dative}}}|plural|bestir|or|||{{{ap}}}|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=|tr=}} brestr m (plural bestir), {{non-noun|m||bestir}} brestr m (plural bestir) Inflection templates: {{non-decl-m-i1|brest}}, {{non-decl-blank-full|apd=brestina|api=bresti|asd=brestinn|asi=brest|dpd=brestunum|dpi=brestum|dsd=brestinum|dsi=brest|g=masculine|gpd=brestanna|gpi=bresta|gsd=brestsins|gsi=brests|notes=|npd=brestirnir|npi=brestir|nsd=brestrinn|nsi=brestr|stem=strong i-stem, s-genitive|title=brestr}}, {{non-decl-cell|brestr|nsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|brestrinn|nsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|brestir|npi}}, {{non-decl-cell|brestirnir|npd}}, {{non-decl-cell|brest|asi}}, {{non-decl-cell|brestinn|asd}}, {{non-decl-cell|bresti|api}}, {{non-decl-cell|brestina|apd}}, {{non-decl-cell|brest|dsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|brestinum|dsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|brestum|dpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|brestunum|dpd}}, {{non-decl-cell|brests|gsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|brestsins|gsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|bresta|gpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|brestanna|gpd}} Forms: bestir [plural], strong [table-tags], brestr [indefinite, nominative, singular], brestrinn [definite, nominative, singular], brestir [indefinite, nominative, plural], brestirnir [definite, nominative, plural], brest [accusative, indefinite, singular], brestinn [accusative, definite, singular], bresti [accusative, indefinite, plural], brestina [accusative, definite, plural], brest [dative, indefinite, singular], brestinum [dative, definite, singular], brestum [dative, indefinite, plural], brestunum [dative, definite, plural], brests [genitive, indefinite, singular], brestsins [definite, genitive, singular], bresta [genitive, indefinite, plural], brestanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. chink, crack Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-brestr-non-noun-YuDPfStM Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48
  2. want, loss, lack Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-brestr-non-noun-4UkgJXeF Categories (other): Old Norse entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old Norse entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bresta
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "word": "brestur"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "word": "brest"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "lang_code": "nb",
          "raw_tags": [
            "m"
          ],
          "word": "brist"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "raw_tags": [
        "c"
      ],
      "word": "brist"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "brest"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "berst"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "barst"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*brestuz",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brestuz"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*brestuz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "fracture, impairment"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *brestuz (“fracture, impairment”), a u-stem, reanalyzed as an i-stem.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bestir",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-m-i1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brestr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brestrinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brestir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brestirnir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brest",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brestinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bresti",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brestina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brest",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brestinum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brestum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brestunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brests",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brestsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bresta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brestanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "11": "plural",
        "12": "bestir",
        "13": "or",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{ap}}}",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{datacc}}}",
        "9": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "",
        "3": "bestir"
      },
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brest"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-m-i1"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "brestina",
        "api": "bresti",
        "asd": "brestinn",
        "asi": "brest",
        "dpd": "brestunum",
        "dpi": "brestum",
        "dsd": "brestinum",
        "dsi": "brest",
        "g": "masculine",
        "gpd": "brestanna",
        "gpi": "bresta",
        "gsd": "brestsins",
        "gsi": "brests",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "brestirnir",
        "npi": "brestir",
        "nsd": "brestrinn",
        "nsi": "brestr",
        "stem": "strong i-stem, s-genitive",
        "title": "brestr"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-full"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brestr",
        "2": "nsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brestrinn",
        "2": "nsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brestir",
        "2": "npi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brestirnir",
        "2": "npd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brest",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brestinn",
        "2": "asd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bresti",
        "2": "api"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brestina",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brest",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brestinum",
        "2": "dsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brestum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brestunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brests",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brestsins",
        "2": "gsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bresta",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brestanna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bresta"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chink, crack"
      ],
      "id": "en-brestr-non-noun-YuDPfStM",
      "links": [
        [
          "chink",
          "chink"
        ],
        [
          "crack",
          "crack"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "31 69",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "want, loss, lack"
      ],
      "id": "en-brestr-non-noun-4UkgJXeF",
      "links": [
        [
          "want",
          "want"
        ],
        [
          "loss",
          "loss"
        ],
        [
          "lack",
          "lack"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbres.tr̩/",
      "note": "12th Century Icelandic"
    }
  ],
  "word": "brestr"
}
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  "categories": [
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    "Old Norse lemmas",
    "Old Norse masculine i-stem nouns",
    "Old Norse masculine nouns",
    "Old Norse nouns",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "word": "brestur"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "word": "brest"
    },
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        {
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "lang_code": "nb",
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            "m"
          ],
          "word": "brist"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "da",
      "raw_tags": [
        "c"
      ],
      "word": "brist"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "brest"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "berst"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "barst"
    }
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    [
      "*brestuz",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brestuz"
    ]
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*brestuz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "fracture, impairment"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *brestuz (“fracture, impairment”), a u-stem, reanalyzed as an i-stem.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bestir",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-m-i1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "i-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brestr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brestrinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brestir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brestirnir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brest",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brestinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bresti",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brestina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brest",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brestinum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brestum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brestunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brests",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brestsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bresta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brestanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "10": "{{{dative}}}",
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        "12": "bestir",
        "13": "or",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{ap}}}",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{datacc}}}",
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        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
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        "2": "",
        "3": "bestir"
      },
      "expansion": "brestr m (plural bestir)",
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    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brest"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-m-i1"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "brestina",
        "api": "bresti",
        "asd": "brestinn",
        "asi": "brest",
        "dpd": "brestunum",
        "dpi": "brestum",
        "dsd": "brestinum",
        "dsi": "brest",
        "g": "masculine",
        "gpd": "brestanna",
        "gpi": "bresta",
        "gsd": "brestsins",
        "gsi": "brests",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "brestirnir",
        "npi": "brestir",
        "nsd": "brestrinn",
        "nsi": "brestr",
        "stem": "strong i-stem, s-genitive",
        "title": "brestr"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brestr",
        "2": "nsi"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brestrinn",
        "2": "nsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brestir",
        "2": "npi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brestirnir",
        "2": "npd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brest",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brestinn",
        "2": "asd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bresti",
        "2": "api"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brestina",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brest",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brestinum",
        "2": "dsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brestum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brestunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brests",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brestsins",
        "2": "gsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bresta",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brestanna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "bresta"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "chink, crack"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chink",
          "chink"
        ],
        [
          "crack",
          "crack"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "want, loss, lack"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "want",
          "want"
        ],
        [
          "loss",
          "loss"
        ],
        [
          "lack",
          "lack"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbres.tr̩/",
      "note": "12th Century Icelandic"
    }
  ],
  "word": "brestr"
}

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