brez

From *bren +‎ -ëz, possibly from Proto-Albanian *breuna, from Proto-Indo-European *brewn- (compare Old English prēon (“pin, brooch needle”), Lithuanian briaunà (“edge”)).[1][2] Lent Romanian brâu ~ dialectal brân.[1]

brez m (plural breza, definite brezi, definite plural brezat)

1. belt, girdle, waistband
2. sash
3. waistline, midriff
4. (by extension) climatic zone
5. (by extension) generation, bloodline

   brezi i ri

   the younger generation

• mbreh

• bèz (standard)
• prez, preza (Croatia)

brez (Cyrillic spelling брез) (+ genitive case)

1. (Croatia, Kajkavian, Chakavian) without
   • 1501, Marko Marolić, Judita:

     O koliko blude ki kažu došasna,
     brez razbora sude kakono iza sna;

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   • 1556, Petar Hektorović, Ribanje i ribarsko prigovaranje:

     Tuj se pokripismo na volju brez priše
     I pismo i jismo koliko kî htiše

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   • 1584, Brne Karnarutić, Vazetje Sigeta grada:

     Vazda vaše vire ljubav me poteza
     Tere me brez mire jakom uzom veza,

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   • 1759, Antun Kanižlić, Sveta Rožalija:

     a kći, moja krvca, gola je brez ruha,
     uboga brez drvca i gladna brez kruha!"

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   • 1871, August Šenoa, Zlatarevo zlato:

     Lijepa naša gospodarica ne govori posve brez razloga.

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From Proto-Slavic *bez, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeǵʰs.

• IPA^(key): /brɛs/

brez

1. (with genitive) without

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

brez

1. genitive dual/plural of breza

• “brez”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran