breja

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See also: brëja and breją

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Brei, from Middle High German brīe, brī, from Old High German brīo, from Proto-West Germanic *brīw.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -ɛja
  • Syllabification: bre‧ja

Noun

breja f

  1. (colloquial) slush, goo, slop, gloop
  2. (Near Masovian) puddle of water on a road
    Synonym: brajdyga
    Near-synonym: kałuża

Declension

Declension of breja
singular plural
nominative breja breje
genitive brei brej
dative brei brejom
accusative breję breje
instrumental breją brejami
locative brei brejach
vocative brejo breje

Derived terms

adjective

Further reading

  • breja in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • breja in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “breja”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 362

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bre‧ja

Noun

breja f (plural brejas)

  1. swamp, marsh
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pântano

Etymology 2

Alteration of cerveja.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: bre‧ja

Noun

breja f (plural brejas)

  1. (Brazil, slang) beer
    Synonyms: cerveja, bejeca, jola

Further reading

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