brest

See also: Brest

English

Noun

brest (plural brests)

Obsolete spelling of breast

Anagrams

Streb

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English brēost, 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)

chest, thorax
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)
breastplate, chest plate
womb
The front portion of a band or troop

Descendants

English: brest
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 English byrst and Old Norse brestr, both from Proto-Germanic *brestuz.

Alternative forms

berst, barst

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /brɛst/
Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

brest (plural brestes)

Descendants

English: bryst (obsolete)

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse brestr

Noun

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

a crack
Det er ein brest i dette glaset.
There is a crack in this glass.
a flaw
Det er ein brest i logikken din.
There is a flaw in your logic.

References

“brest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

(Ijekavian): brijest

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *berstъ.

Noun

brest m (Cyrillic spelling брест)

elm

Declension

Declension of brest

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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *berstъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbrèːst/, /ˈbréːst/, /ˈbrɛ́st/
Tonal orthography: brẹ́st, brẹ̑st, brȅst

Noun

brést or brèst m inan (genitive brésta, nominative plural brésti)

elm (tree)

Declension

Declension of brést (masculine inan., hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	brést	brésta	brésti
accusative	brést	brésta	bréste
genitive	brésta	bréstov	bréstov
dative	bréstu	bréstoma	bréstom
locative	bréstu	bréstih	bréstih
instrumental	bréstom	bréstoma	brésti

Declension of brèst (masculine inan., hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	brèst	brésta	brésti
accusative	brèst	brésta	bréste
genitive	brésta	bréstov	bréstov
dative	bréstu	bréstoma	bréstom
locative	bréstu	bréstih	bréstih
instrumental	bréstom	bréstoma	brésti

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)

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

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