"bréf" meaning in Icelandic

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Noun

IPA: /prjɛːv/
Rhymes: -ɛːv Etymology: From Old Norse bréf, which is borrowed from Latin brevis (“short”). Etymology templates: {{der|is|non|bréf}} Old Norse bréf, {{der|is|la|brevis||short}} Latin brevis (“short”) Head templates: {{head|is|nouns|genitive singular|bréfs|||||||nominative plural|bréf|||||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=}} bréf n (genitive singular bréfs, nominative plural bréf), {{is-noun|n|bréfs|bréf}} bréf n (genitive singular bréfs, nominative plural bréf) Forms: bréfs [genitive, singular], bréf [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], bréf [indefinite, nominative, singular], bréfið [definite, nominative, singular], bréf [indefinite, nominative, plural], bréfin [definite, nominative, plural], bréf [accusative, indefinite, singular], bréfið [accusative, definite, singular], bréf [accusative, indefinite, plural], bréfin [accusative, definite, plural], bréfi [dative, indefinite, singular], bréfinu [dative, definite, singular], bréfum [dative, indefinite, plural], bréfunum [dative, definite, plural], bréfs [genitive, indefinite, singular], bréfsins [definite, genitive, singular], bréfa [genitive, indefinite, plural], bréfanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. a letter (mail) Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-bréf-is-noun-m5eFIo9w
  2. an epistle Tags: neuter Synonyms (epistle): postulabréf
    Sense id: en-bréf-is-noun-EXgnOqoT Disambiguation of 'epistle': 3 94 3 0
  3. a document Tags: neuter Synonyms (document): skjal
    Sense id: en-bréf-is-noun-DR2lE4wD Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 5 20 69 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 23 63 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 18 71 6 Disambiguation of 'document': 0 3 97 0
  4. a paper Tags: neuter Synonyms (paper): pappír
    Sense id: en-bréf-is-noun-XQWt-IRJ Disambiguation of 'paper': 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sendibréf [letter] Derived forms: hafa bréf upp á (english: to have documents to prove something), símbréf

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to have documents to prove something",
      "word": "hafa bréf upp á"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "símbréf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "bréf"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse bréf",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "brevis",
        "4": "",
        "5": "short"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin brevis (“short”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse bréf, which is borrowed from Latin brevis (“short”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bréfs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bréf",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bréf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bréfið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bréf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bréfin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bréf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bréfið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bréf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bréfin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bréfi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bréfinu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bréfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bréfunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bréfs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bréfsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bréfa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bréfanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "bréf",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "bréfs",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "bréf n (genitive singular bréfs, nominative plural bréf)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "bréfs",
        "3": "bréf"
      },
      "expansion": "bréf n (genitive singular bréfs, nominative plural bréf)",
      "name": "is-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a letter (mail)"
      ],
      "id": "en-bréf-is-noun-m5eFIo9w",
      "links": [
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an epistle"
      ],
      "id": "en-bréf-is-noun-EXgnOqoT",
      "links": [
        [
          "epistle",
          "epistle"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 94 3 0",
          "sense": "epistle",
          "word": "postulabréf"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 20 69 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 23 63 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 18 71 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a document"
      ],
      "id": "en-bréf-is-noun-DR2lE4wD",
      "links": [
        [
          "document",
          "document"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 3 97 0",
          "sense": "document",
          "word": "skjal"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a paper"
      ],
      "id": "en-bréf-is-noun-XQWt-IRJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "paper",
          "paper"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100",
          "sense": "paper",
          "word": "pappír"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/prjɛːv/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛːv"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "sendibréf"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "is:bréf"
  ],
  "word": "bréf"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Icelandic countable nouns",
    "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Icelandic lemmas",
    "Icelandic neuter nouns",
    "Icelandic nouns",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Latin",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛːv",
    "Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛːv/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "to have documents to prove something",
      "word": "hafa bréf upp á"
    },
    {
      "word": "símbréf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "bréf"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse bréf",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "brevis",
        "4": "",
        "5": "short"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin brevis (“short”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse bréf, which is borrowed from Latin brevis (“short”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bréfs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bréf",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bréf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bréfið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bréf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bréfin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bréf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bréfið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bréf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bréfin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bréfi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bréfinu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bréfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bréfunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bréfs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bréfsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bréfa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bréfanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "bréf",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "genitive singular",
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        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "g": "n",
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        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "bréf"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a letter (mail)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an epistle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "epistle",
          "epistle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a document"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "document",
          "document"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a paper"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "paper",
          "paper"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/prjɛːv/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛːv"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "sendibréf"
    },
    {
      "sense": "epistle",
      "word": "postulabréf"
    },
    {
      "sense": "document",
      "word": "skjal"
    },
    {
      "sense": "paper",
      "word": "pappír"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "is:bréf"
  ],
  "word": "bréf"
}

Download raw JSONL data for bréf meaning in Icelandic (3.6kB)

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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Icelandic",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "bréf",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
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