brez

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

brez m (indefinite plural breza, definite singular brezi)

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

• mbreh

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

brez (Cyrillic spelling брез) (+ genitive case)

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

     O koliko blude ki kažu došasna,

     brez razbora sude kakono iza sna;

   • 1556, Petar Hektorović, Ribanje i ribarsko prigovaranje:

     Tuj se pokripismo na volju brez priše

     I pismo i jismo koliko kî htiše

   • 1584, Brne Karnarutić, Vazetje Sigeta grada:

     Vazda vaše vire ljubav me poteza

     Tere me brez mire jakom uzom veza,

   • 1759, Antun Kanižlić, Sveta Rožalija:

     a kći, moja krvca, gola je brez ruha,

     uboga brez drvca i gladna brez kruha!"

   • 1871, August Šenoa, Zlatarevo zlato:

     Lijepa naša gospodarica ne govori posve brez razloga.

From Proto-Slavic *bez, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeǵʰ-

• IPA^(key): /brɛs/, /brɛz/
• Tonal orthography: brez

brez

1. (with genitive) without