brestur
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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse brestr, from Proto-Germanic *brestuz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
brestur m (genitive singular brests, nominative plural brestir)
- crack, crackle, noise
- heyra brak og bresti í ísnum
- Mér er sem ég heyri bresti og brak
- flaw, crack, split, fissure, rupture
- flaw, failure
- gap, lack, shortcoming, deficit, deficiency
Declension[edit]
declension of brestur
Derived terms[edit]
- öryggisbrestur (security gap)
- þverbrestur (weak point)
- trúnaðarbrestur (breach of confidence)
- traustabrestur
See also[edit]
Categories:
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛstʏr
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛstʏr/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns