breg

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from South Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *bergъ (“bank, shore”). Compare Macedonian брег (breg), Serbo-Croatian brȇg / бре̑г.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾeɡ/
• Rhymes: -eɡ

Noun

breg m (plural brigje)

1. coast, shore, bank (of a river, lake, see)
2. dune, hillock, small hill

   Synonyms: kodër, kodrinë

3. edge, brink, rim

   Synonym: buzë

4. chunk, clump, nugget of compressed food

   Synonym: kokërr

5. seaside, seashore

   Synonym: bregdet

Derived terms

• bregale
• bregaloj
• bregas
• bregcë
• bregdet
• bregore

 

Further reading

• “breg”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 172

Old English

Noun

brēg m

1. Alternative form of brǣw

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲrʲeɣ/

Noun

breg

1. genitive singular/dual/plural of brí

Mutation

Mutation of breg

radical	lenition	nasalization
breg	breg pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbreg

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• brijȇg (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bergъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bérgas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰos, from *bʰerǵʰ-.

Noun

(Ekavian) brȇg m (Cyrillic spelling бре̑г)

1. hill, hillock (smaller hill)

Declension

Declension of breg

	singular	plural
nominative	breg	bregovi
genitive	brega	bregova
dative	bregu	bregovima
accusative	breg	bregove
vocative	breže / bregu	bregovi
locative	bregu	bregovima
instrumental	bregom	bregovima

Related terms

• brȇžje

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bergъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bérgas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰos, from *bʰerǵʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bréːk/

Noun

brẹ̑g m inan

1. slope, incline
2. hill
3. bank, shore, strand

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem, plural in -ôv-
nom. sing.	brég
gen. sing.	bréga
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	brég	bregôva	bregôvi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bréga	bregôv	bregôv
dative (dajȃlnik)	brégu	bregôvoma	bregôvom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	brég	bregôva	bregôve
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	brégu	bregôvih	bregôvih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	brégom	bregôvoma	bregôvi

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	brég
gen. sing.	bréga
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	brég	bréga	brégi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bréga	brégov	brégov
dative (dajȃlnik)	brégu	brégoma	brégom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	brég	bréga	brége
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	brégu	brégih	brégih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	brégom	brégoma	brégi

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “breg”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Welsh

Etymology

Perhaps borrowed either from Middle English breck (“breach; failing”) or from Old Irish bréc (“lie, deception”).

Noun

breg m (plural bregion)

1. (obsolete, uncountable) treachery, deceit
2. breach, rent, crack
3. (geology) joint

Derived terms

• bregus (“fragile, brittle”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of breg

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
breg	freg	mreg	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.