brest

See also: Brest

English

Noun

brest (plural brests)

1. Obsolete spelling of breast.
   • Edmund Spenser

     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-Germanic *breustą.

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brøːst/
• IPA^(key): /breːst/
• IPA^(key): /brɛst/

Noun

brest (plural brestes or bresten)

2. chest, thorax
3. 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)
4. breastplate, chest plate
5. womb
6. 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)

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

Descendants

• English: bryst

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

• (Ijekavian): brijest

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *berstъ.

Noun

brest m (Cyrillic spelling брест)

1. 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

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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

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

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

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

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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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From , from , from .

Verb

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