See brestā on Wiktionary
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Middle Irish",
"lang_code": "mga",
"sense": "fight, effort",
"word": "bres"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"*brestaną",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brestaną"
],
[
"*bʰreyH-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰreyH-"
],
[
"frio",
"frio#Latin"
],
[
"βρειτ",
"βρειτ#Phrygian"
]
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*brestaną",
"t": "to burst, break"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *brestaną (“to burst, break”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cel-pro",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*bʰreyH-",
"t": "to cut"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH- (“to cut”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "frio",
"t": "to cut into pieces"
},
"expansion": "Latin frio (“to cut into pieces”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "xpg",
"2": "βρειτ",
"t": "breaks"
},
"expansion": "Phrygian βρειτ (breit, “breaks”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Identified by Vendryes and later Matasović as cognate to Proto-Germanic *brestaną (“to burst, break”). According to Pokorny, it is from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH- (“to cut”), see also Latin frio (“to cut into pieces”), Phrygian βρειτ (breit, “breaks”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "cel-decl-noun-a-f",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "ā-stem",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "Feminine ā-stem",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "brestā",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brestai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "brestās",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "brestā",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "brestai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "brestās",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "brestam",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brestai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "brestāns",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "brestās",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brestous",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "brestom",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "brestāi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brestābom",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "brestābos",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "brestai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brestābim",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "brestābis",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "cel-pro",
"2": "noun",
"cat2": "",
"g": "f",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "*brestā f",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"expansion": "*brestā f",
"name": "cel-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "brest"
},
"name": "cel-decl-noun-a-f"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-Celtic",
"lang_code": "cel-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brestā",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Proto-Celtic entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"sense": "Breton",
"word": "bresel"
},
{
"sense": "Middle Breton",
"word": "brezel"
},
{
"sense": "Middle Breton",
"word": "bresel"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cornish"
],
"word": "bresel"
},
{
"word": "⇒ Old Welsh: Conbresel"
},
{
"word": "brestel"
},
{
"word": "brestilā"
},
{
"tags": [
"French"
],
"word": "briser"
},
{
"english": "or from Germanic?",
"translation": "or from Germanic?",
"word": "→ Old French: brisier"
},
{
"word": "brestīti"
},
{
"sense": "Old Irish",
"word": "brisid"
}
],
"glosses": [
"fight"
],
"id": "en-brestā-cel-pro-noun-I7ao85nd",
"links": [
[
"fight",
"fight"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"word": "brestā"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"sense": "Breton",
"word": "bresel"
},
{
"sense": "Middle Breton",
"word": "brezel"
},
{
"sense": "Middle Breton",
"word": "bresel"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cornish"
],
"word": "bresel"
},
{
"word": "⇒ Old Welsh: Conbresel"
},
{
"word": "brestel"
},
{
"word": "brestilā"
},
{
"sense": "Old Irish",
"word": "brisid"
},
{
"tags": [
"French"
],
"word": "briser"
},
{
"english": "or from Germanic?",
"translation": "or from Germanic?",
"word": "→ Old French: brisier"
},
{
"word": "brestīti"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Middle Irish",
"lang_code": "mga",
"sense": "fight, effort",
"word": "bres"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"*brestaną",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brestaną"
],
[
"*bʰreyH-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰreyH-"
],
[
"frio",
"frio#Latin"
],
[
"βρειτ",
"βρειτ#Phrygian"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*brestaną",
"t": "to burst, break"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *brestaną (“to burst, break”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cel-pro",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*bʰreyH-",
"t": "to cut"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH- (“to cut”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "frio",
"t": "to cut into pieces"
},
"expansion": "Latin frio (“to cut into pieces”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "xpg",
"2": "βρειτ",
"t": "breaks"
},
"expansion": "Phrygian βρειτ (breit, “breaks”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Identified by Vendryes and later Matasović as cognate to Proto-Germanic *brestaną (“to burst, break”). According to Pokorny, it is from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH- (“to cut”), see also Latin frio (“to cut into pieces”), Phrygian βρειτ (breit, “breaks”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "cel-decl-noun-a-f",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "ā-stem",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "Feminine ā-stem",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "brestā",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brestai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "brestās",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "brestā",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "brestai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "brestās",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "brestam",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brestai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "brestāns",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "brestās",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brestous",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "brestom",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "brestāi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brestābom",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "brestābos",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "brestai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brestābim",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "brestābis",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cel-pro",
"2": "noun",
"cat2": "",
"g": "f",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "*brestā f",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"expansion": "*brestā f",
"name": "cel-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "brest"
},
"name": "cel-decl-noun-a-f"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-Celtic",
"lang_code": "cel-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brestā",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Proto-Celtic entries with incorrect language header",
"Proto-Celtic feminine nouns",
"Proto-Celtic lemmas",
"Proto-Celtic nouns",
"Proto-Celtic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Proto-Celtic ā-stem nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"fight"
],
"links": [
[
"fight",
"fight"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"word": "brestā"
}
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