Albanian

Noun

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

Related terms

• mbreh

References

1. 1 2 Orel, Vladimir (1998), “brez”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 36.
2. ↑ Vladimir Orel, A Handbook of Germanic Etymology (Leiden: Brill, 2003), 293.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

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

Preposition

brez

1. (Croatia) 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.

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Preposition

brez

1. (with genitive) without