"brestur" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Icelandic]

IPA: [ˈprɛstʏr]
Rhymes: -ɛstʏr Etymology: From Old Norse brestr, from Proto-Germanic *brestuz. Etymology templates: {{inh|is|non|brestr}} Old Norse brestr, {{inh|is|gem-pro|*brestuz}} Proto-Germanic *brestuz Head templates: {{is-noun|@@}} brestur m (genitive singular brests, nominative plural brestir) Inflection templates: {{is-ndecl|m,,ir}} Forms: brests [genitive, singular], brestir [nominative, plural], masculine [table-tags], brestur [indefinite, nominative, singular], bresturinn [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], bresti [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. crack, crackle, noise Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-brestur-is-noun-dgYX8Jw2 Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 33 26 24 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 24 29 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 23 29 23
  2. flaw, crack, split, fissure, rupture Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-brestur-is-noun-NqnBUX1F Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 24 29 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 23 29 23
  3. flaw, failure Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-brestur-is-noun-vLzY1aia Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 24 29 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 23 29 23
  4. gap, lack, shortcoming, deficit, deficiency Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-brestur-is-noun-QnDdq~wu Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 24 29 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 23 29 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: öryggisbrestur (english: security gap), þverbrestur (english: weak point), trúnaðarbrestur (english: breach of confidence), traustabrestur Related terms: veikleiki

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "security gap",
      "translation": "security gap",
      "word": "öryggisbrestur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "weak point",
      "translation": "weak point",
      "word": "þverbrestur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "breach of confidence",
      "translation": "breach of confidence",
      "word": "trúnaðarbrestur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "traustabrestur"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "brestr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse brestr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*brestuz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *brestuz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse brestr, from Proto-Germanic *brestuz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "brests",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brestir",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "masculine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brestur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bresturinn",
      "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": "bresti",
      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "@@"
      },
      "expansion": "brestur m (genitive singular brests, nominative plural brestir)",
      "name": "is-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,ir"
      },
      "name": "is-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "veikleiki"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 26 24 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 24 29 23",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 23 29 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "heyra brak og bresti í ísnum"
        },
        {
          "text": "Mér er sem ég heyri bresti og brak"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "crack, crackle, noise"
      ],
      "id": "en-brestur-is-noun-dgYX8Jw2",
      "links": [
        [
          "crack",
          "crack"
        ],
        [
          "crackle",
          "crackle"
        ],
        [
          "noise",
          "noise"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 24 29 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 23 29 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "flaw, crack, split, fissure, rupture"
      ],
      "id": "en-brestur-is-noun-NqnBUX1F",
      "links": [
        [
          "flaw",
          "flaw"
        ],
        [
          "crack",
          "crack"
        ],
        [
          "split",
          "split"
        ],
        [
          "fissure",
          "fissure"
        ],
        [
          "rupture",
          "rupture"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 24 29 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 23 29 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "flaw, failure"
      ],
      "id": "en-brestur-is-noun-vLzY1aia",
      "links": [
        [
          "flaw",
          "flaw"
        ],
        [
          "failure",
          "failure"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 24 29 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 23 29 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gap, lack, shortcoming, deficit, deficiency"
      ],
      "id": "en-brestur-is-noun-QnDdq~wu",
      "links": [
        [
          "gap",
          "gap"
        ],
        [
          "lack",
          "lack"
        ],
        [
          "shortcoming",
          "shortcoming"
        ],
        [
          "deficit",
          "deficit"
        ],
        [
          "deficiency",
          "deficiency"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈprɛstʏr]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛstʏr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "brestur"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Icelandic 2-syllable words",
    "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Icelandic lemmas",
    "Icelandic masculine nouns",
    "Icelandic nouns",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛstʏr",
    "Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛstʏr/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "security gap",
      "translation": "security gap",
      "word": "öryggisbrestur"
    },
    {
      "english": "weak point",
      "translation": "weak point",
      "word": "þverbrestur"
    },
    {
      "english": "breach of confidence",
      "translation": "breach of confidence",
      "word": "trúnaðarbrestur"
    },
    {
      "word": "traustabrestur"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "brestr"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "gem-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse brestr, from Proto-Germanic *brestuz.",
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    {
      "form": "brests",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brestir",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "masculine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brestur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bresturinn",
      "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": "bresti",
      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "@@"
      },
      "expansion": "brestur m (genitive singular brests, nominative plural brestir)",
      "name": "is-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,ir"
      },
      "name": "is-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "veikleiki"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "heyra brak og bresti í ísnum"
        },
        {
          "text": "Mér er sem ég heyri bresti og brak"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "crack, crackle, noise"
      ],
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        [
          "crack",
          "crack"
        ],
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          "crackle",
          "crackle"
        ],
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          "noise",
          "noise"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "flaw, crack, split, fissure, rupture"
      ],
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        [
          "flaw",
          "flaw"
        ],
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          "crack",
          "crack"
        ],
        [
          "split",
          "split"
        ],
        [
          "fissure",
          "fissure"
        ],
        [
          "rupture",
          "rupture"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "flaw, failure"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flaw",
          "flaw"
        ],
        [
          "failure",
          "failure"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "gap, lack, shortcoming, deficit, deficiency"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gap",
          "gap"
        ],
        [
          "lack",
          "lack"
        ],
        [
          "shortcoming",
          "shortcoming"
        ],
        [
          "deficit",
          "deficit"
        ],
        [
          "deficiency",
          "deficiency"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈprɛstʏr]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛstʏr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "brestur"
}

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