bresta

See also: břesta

Faroese

Etymology

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

Verb

bresta (third person singular past indicative brast, third person plural past indicative brustu, supine brostið)

1. to burst, to break

Conjugation

Conjugation of bresta (group v-49)

infinitive	bresta
supine	brostið
	present	past
first singular	bresti	brast
second singular	brestur	brastst
third singular	brestur	brast
plural	bresta	brustu
participle (a34)1	brestandi	brostin
	imperative
singular	brest!
plural	brestið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɛsta/
• Rhymes: -ɛsta

Etymology 1

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

Cognate with Faroese bresta, Swedish brista, English burst, German bersten, and Dutch barsten.

Verb

bresta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative brast, third-person plural past indicative brustu, supine brostið)

1. to burst, to break
   • Það er bara tímaspursmál hvenær stíflan brestur.

     It's only a question of time when the dam will burst.

2. (impersonal) to cause to lack (to cause to experience a shortcoming of) [with accusative ‘someone’ (preceding) and accusative ‘something’ (following)] (idiomatically translated as "lack" with the preceding accusative object as the subject)

   Drottinn er minn hirðir, mig mun ekkert bresta.

   The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want (lit. “I shall want for nothing”).

Conjugation

bresta – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að bresta
supine sagnbót		brostið
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		brestandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	brest	brast		bresti	brysti
	þú	brestur	brast		brestir	brystir
	hann, hún, það	brestur	brast		bresti	brysti
plural	við	brestum	brustum		brestum	brystum
	þið	brestið	brustuð		brestið	brystuð
	þeir, þær, þau	bresta	brustu		bresti	brystu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	brest (þú), brestu
plural	þið	brestið (þið), brestiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

brostinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	brostinn	brostin	brostið	brostnir	brostnar	brostin
accusative (þolfall)	brostinn	brostna	brostið	brostna	brostnar	brostin
dative (þágufall)	brostnum	brostinni	brostnu	brostnum	brostnum	brostnum
genitive (eignarfall)	brostins	brostinnar	brostins	brostinna	brostinna	brostinna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	brostni	brostna	brostna	brostnu	brostnu	brostnu
accusative (þolfall)	brostna	brostnu	brostna	brostnu	brostnu	brostnu
dative (þágufall)	brostna	brostnu	brostna	brostnu	brostnu	brostnu
genitive (eignarfall)	brostna	brostnu	brostna	brostnu	brostnu	brostnu

Etymology 2

Inflected form of brestur (“crack, crackle”).

Noun

bresta m

1. indefinite genitive plural of brestur

Anagrams

• berast