brez

Albanian

Etymology

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

Noun

brez m (indefinite plural breza, definite singular 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
indefinite forms
(trajta të pashquara)		 definite forms
(trajta të shquara)
singular
(numri njëjës)		 plural
(numri shumës)		 singular
(numri njëjës)		 plural
(numri shumës)
nominative
(emërore)		 (një) brez (disa) breza brezi brezat
accusative
(kallëzore)		 (një) brez (disa) breza brezin brezat
genitive
(gjinore)
(i/e/të/së)		 (një) brezi (disa) brezave brezit brezavet
dative
(dhanore)		 (një) brezi (disa) brezave brezit brezavet
ablative
(rrjedhore)
(prej)		 (një) brezi (disa) brezash brezit brezavet

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “brez”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 36.
  2. Vladimir Orel, A Handbook of Germanic Etymology (Leiden: Brill, 2003), 293.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Preposition

brez (Cyrillic spelling брез) (+ genitive case)

  1. (Croatia, Kajkavian, Chakavian) without

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *bez, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeǵʰ-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /brɛs/

Preposition

brez

  1. (with genitive) 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, portal Fran
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