bresta

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
participle (a34)1 brestandi brostin
present past
first singular bresti brast
second singular brestur brastst
third singular brestur brast
plural bresta brustu
imperative
singular brest!
plural brestið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

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

Etymology 1

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, 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, with accusative before and after) to lack, want for, experience a shortcoming of
    • 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)		 ég brest við brestum present
(nútíð)		 ég bresti við brestum
þú brestur þið brestið þú brestir þið brestið
hann, hún, það brestur þeir, þær, þau bresta hann, hún, það bresti þeir, þær, þau bresti
past
(þátíð)		 ég brast við brustum past
(þátíð)		 ég brysti við brystum
þú brast þið brustuð þú brystir þið brystuð
hann, hún, það brast þeir, þær, þau brustu hann, hún, það brysti þeir, þær, þau brystu
imperative
(boðháttur)		 brest (þú) brestið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
brestu brestiði *
* 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

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