bresta

See also: břesta

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

Anagrams

• berast