бръсна

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *brъsnǫti (to sweep), secondarily influenced by obsolete бри́я (bríja, to shave).

The two meanings are still treated as distinct lemmas in Gerov's dictionary: respectively under бръ́снѫ (brǎ́snǫ, to sweep) and брь́снѫ (brʹ́snǫ, to shave).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbrɤsnɐ]
  • (file)

Verb

бръ́сна • (brǎ́sna) first-singular present indicative, impf

  1. (obsolescent, original) to sweep, to rake
    1. (expressive) to hack, to flick, to thwack
    2. (figurative) to bite, to lash, to blow strongly (of wind)
    3. (figurative) to nearly touch the ground during flight (aviation jargon)
  2. (transitive) to shave, to trim (one's facial hair)
  3. (reflexive with се) to shave oneself

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • бръ́свам (brǎ́svam) (semelfactive)
  • бръ́сам (brǎ́sam) (factative)
  • добръсна pf (dobrǎsna), добръсвам impf (dobrǎsvam)
  • забръсна pf (zabrǎsna), забръсвам impf (zabrǎsvam)
  • избръсна pf (izbrǎsna), избръсвам impf (izbrǎsvam)
  • обръсна pf (obrǎsna), обръсвам impf (obrǎsvam)
  • побръсна pf (pobrǎsna), побръсвам impf (pobrǎsvam)
  • пребръсна pf (prebrǎsna), пребръсвам impf (prebrǎsvam)
  • бръсна́р m (brǎsnár), бръсна́рка f (brǎsnárka) (agent nouns)
  • бръсна́ч (brǎsnáč, barber's razor)
    • самобръсна́чка (samobrǎsnáčka, safety razor)
  • бъ́рша (bǎ́rša, to wipe), бри́ша (bríša, to erase, to wipe off)
  • бръ́скам (brǎ́skam, to sweep, to toss around) (dialectal)

References

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