brest

brest

See also: Brest

English

Noun

brest (plural brests)

1. Obsolete spelling of breast
   • 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Visons”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], OCLC 15537294:

     Thereout a strange beast with seven heads arose, / That townes and castles under her brest did coure.

Anagrams

• Streb

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English brēost, from Proto-West Germanic *breust, from Proto-Germanic *breustą.

Alternative forms

• breste, breost, breist, brost, brust, brist, breast, bryest

Pronunciation

• (Early ME) IPA^(key): /brøːst/
• IPA^(key): /breːst/
• (Late ME) IPA^(key): /brɛst/

Noun

brest (plural brestes or bresten)

1. chest, thorax
2. The breast in several contexts:
   1. breast (protrusion on the front of the chest)
   2. female breast (for nursing)
   3. breast (cut of meat)
   4. breast, heart (centre of emotional functioning)
3. breastplate, chest plate
4. womb
5. The front portion of a band or troop

Descendants

• English: brest, breast
• Scots: brest, breist, breest

References

• “brẹ̄st, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-04.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse brestr, from Proto-Germanic *brestuz; influenced by the cognate Old English byrst. Doublet of burst.

Alternative forms

• berst, barst

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

brest (plural brestes)

1. A breaking or smashing.
2. A noise or clamour.
3. Damage or injury.
4. Neediness.

Descendants

• English: bryst (obsolete)

References

• “brest, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-04.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse brestr.

Noun

brest m (definite singular bresten, indefinite plural brestar or brester, definite plural brestane or brestene)

1. a crack

   Det er ein brest i dette glaset.

   There is a crack in this glass.

2. a flaw

   Det er ein brest i logikken din.

   There is a flaw in your logic.

References

• “brest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ikavian): brist
• (Ijekavian): brijest

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *berstъ.

Noun

brȇst m (Cyrillic spelling бре̑ст)

1. elm (tree)

Declension

Declension of brest

	singular	plural
nominative	brest	brestovi
genitive	bresta	brestova
dative	brestu	brestovima
accusative	brest	brestove
vocative	breste	brestovi
locative	brestu	brestovima
instrumental	brestom	brestovima

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *berstъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brèːst/, /bréːst/, /brɛ́st/

Noun

brẹ̄st or brȅst m inan

1. elm (tree)

Inflection

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	brést
gen. sing.	brésta
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	brést	brésta	brésti
genitive (rodȋlnik)	brésta	bréstov	bréstov
dative (dajȃlnik)	bréstu	bréstoma	bréstom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	brést	brésta	bréste
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	bréstu	bréstih	bréstih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	bréstom	bréstoma	brésti

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	brèst
gen. sing.	brésta
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	brèst	brésta	brésti
genitive (rodȋlnik)	brésta	bréstov	bréstov
dative (dajȃlnik)	bréstu	bréstoma	bréstom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	brèst	brésta	bréste
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	bréstu	bréstih	bréstih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	bréstom	bréstoma	brésti

Further reading

• “brest”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh brest, from Middle English brest. Compare Cornish brest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brɛsd/, [brɛst]
• Rhymes: -ɛsd

Noun

brest m or f (plural brestiau or brestau or brestydd or brestys)

1. breast, chest

   Synonyms: bron, mynwes

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
brest	frest	mrest	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “brest”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse bresta, from Proto-Germanic *brestaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to burst, break, crack, split, separate”).

Verb

brest (preterite brestä)

1. (transitive) unpick, rip apart what is sewn
2. (intransitive) sprout, malt; of seed and seed grain