brez

Albanian

Etymology

From *bren +‎ -ëz, possibly from Proto-Albanian *breuna, from Proto-Indo-European *brewn- (compare Old English prēon (“pin, brooch needle”), Lithuanian briaunà (“edge”)).[1][2] Lent Romanian brâu ~ dialectal brân.[1]

Noun

brez m (plural breza, definite brezi, definite plural brezat)

  1. belt, girdle, waistband
  2. sash
  3. waistline, midriff
  4. (by extension) climatic zone
  5. (by extension) generation, bloodline
    brezi i ri
    the younger generation

Declension

Declension of brez
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative brez brezi breza brezat
accusative brezin
dative brezi brezit brezave brezave
ablative brezash

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “brez”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 36.
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel, A Handbook of Germanic Etymology (Leiden: Brill, 2003), 293.

Further reading

  • “brez”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bez, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeǵʰs.

Preposition

brez (Cyrillic spelling брез) [with genitive]

  1. (Croatia, Kajkavian, Chakavian) without

Slovene

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bez, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeǵʰs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brɛs/

Preposition

brèz (+ genitive case)

  1. without

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

brez

  1. genitive dual/plural of breza

Further reading

  • “brez”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025
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