"brjóst" meaning in Icelandic

See brjóst in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /prjoust/
Rhymes: -oust Etymology: From Old Norse brjóst, from Proto-Germanic *breustą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell”). Etymology templates: {{inh|is|non|brjóst}} Old Norse brjóst, {{inh|is|gem-pro|*breustą}} Proto-Germanic *breustą, {{der|is|ine-pro|*bʰrews-||to swell}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell”) Head templates: {{is-noun|@@}} brjóst n (genitive singular brjósts, nominative plural brjóst) Inflection templates: {{is-ndecl|n}} Forms: brjósts [genitive, singular], brjóst [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], brjóst [indefinite, nominative, singular], brjóstið [definite, nominative, singular], brjóst [indefinite, nominative, plural], brjóstin [definite, nominative, plural], brjóst [accusative, indefinite, singular], brjóstið [accusative, definite, singular], brjóst [accusative, indefinite, plural], brjóstin [accusative, definite, plural], brjósti [dative, indefinite, singular], brjóstinu [dative, definite, singular], brjóstum [dative, indefinite, plural], brjóstunum [dative, definite, plural], brjósts [genitive, indefinite, singular], brjóstsins [definite, genitive, singular], brjósta [genitive, indefinite, plural], brjóstanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. chest Tags: neuter Synonyms: bringa
    Sense id: en-brjóst-is-noun-fKDXAZFY Categories (other): Anatomy Disambiguation of Anatomy: 25 25 25 25
  2. one of a woman's breasts Tags: neuter Synonyms: bobbingur
    Sense id: en-brjóst-is-noun-nLhIC4B0 Categories (other): Anatomy Disambiguation of Anatomy: 25 25 25 25
  3. (chiefly poetic) breast (a person's seat of emotion) Tags: neuter, poetic Synonyms: hjarta
    Sense id: en-brjóst-is-noun-ZUdTMc5~ Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header, Anatomy Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 14 14 58 14 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 25 25 25 25
  4. the front of something Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-brjóst-is-noun-syd1TvVF Categories (other): Anatomy Disambiguation of Anatomy: 25 25 25 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: brjóstamjólk, brjóstkassi, brjóstsviði, brjóstvarta

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "brjóstamjólk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "brjóstkassi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "brjóstsviði"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "brjóstvarta"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "brjóst"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse brjóst",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*breustą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *breustą",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰrews-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to swell"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse brjóst, from Proto-Germanic *breustą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "brjósts",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brjóst",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brjóst",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brjóstið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brjóst",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brjóstin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brjóst",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brjóstið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brjóst",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brjóstin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brjósti",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brjóstinu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brjóstum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brjóstunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brjósts",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brjóstsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brjósta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brjóstanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "@@"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "name": "is-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "is",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "is:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chest"
      ],
      "id": "en-brjóst-is-noun-fKDXAZFY",
      "links": [
        [
          "chest",
          "chest"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bringa"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "is",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "is:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "one of a woman's breasts"
      ],
      "id": "en-brjóst-is-noun-nLhIC4B0",
      "links": [
        [
          "breast",
          "breast"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bobbingur"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 58 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "is",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "is:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "breast (a person's seat of emotion)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "breast",
          "breast"
        ],
        [
          "emotion",
          "emotion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly poetic) breast (a person's seat of emotion)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hjarta"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "poetic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "is",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "is:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the front of something"
      ],
      "id": "en-brjóst-is-noun-syd1TvVF",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/prjoust/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oust"
    }
  ],
  "word": "brjóst"
}
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    "Icelandic lemmas",
    "Icelandic neuter nouns",
    "Icelandic nouns",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Icelandic terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Norse lemmas",
    "Old Norse neuter a-stem nouns",
    "Old Norse neuter nouns",
    "Old Norse nouns",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Icelandic/oust",
    "Rhymes:Icelandic/oust/1 syllable",
    "is:Anatomy",
    "non:Body parts"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "brjóstamjólk"
    },
    {
      "word": "brjóstkassi"
    },
    {
      "word": "brjóstsviði"
    },
    {
      "word": "brjóstvarta"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "is",
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      },
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "brjóst",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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    },
    {
      "form": "brjóst",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brjóstið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brjóst",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brjóstin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brjóst",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brjóstið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brjóst",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brjósti",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brjóstinu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brjóstum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brjóstunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brjósts",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brjóstsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brjósta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brjóstanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "@@"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      ],
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          "chest"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "bringa"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
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      ],
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        ]
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        {
          "word": "bobbingur"
        }
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    },
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      ],
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          "breast",
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          "emotion",
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      ],
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        }
      ],
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        "neuter",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the front of something"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/prjoust/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oust"
    }
  ],
  "word": "brjóst"
}

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