брей

Bulgarian

растение брей

Etymology

Unclear. Lacks exact correspondences in other Slavic languages, however, formally matches Romanian brei (“dog's mercury”) (possibly borrowed or cognate to the Bulgarian word).

• Per Mladenov: Related to obsolete Bulgarian бри́я (bríja, “to shave”);
• Per Georgiev: Possibly akin to Ancient Greek βρῠ́ον (brúon, “moss”), deemed phonetically problematic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [brɛj]

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Noun

брей • (brej) m

1. bryony (trailing plant of genus Tamus)

   Synonym: (scientific name) диоскорея (dioskoreja)

Declension

Declension of брей

	singular
indefinite	брей brej
definite (subject form)	бре́ят bréjat
definite (object form)	бре́я bréja

References

• “брей”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1895) “брѣй”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ.‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 80
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “брей”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 76

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [brʲej]

Verb

брей • (brej)

1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of брить (britʹ)