brosa

See also: Brosa and brósa

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from Old French brosse (“brush, undergrowth”), compare French brosse (“brush”), itself of obscure origin but which could be ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bruskaz (“brush, undergrowth”).[1] Compare also Galician broza (“brushwood, undergrowth”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɾɔsa/ [ˈbɾɔ.s̺ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ɔsa
  • Hyphenation: bro‧sa

Noun

brosa f (plural brosas)

  1. hatchet

Derived terms

References
  • “brosa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “brosa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “brosa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “brosa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Etymology and history of “brosse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɔːsa

Verb

brosa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative brosti, supine brosað)

  1. to smile
    Brostu nú, þú hefur svo fallegt bros.
    Do smile, you have such a lovely smile.
    Þú brosir fallega.
    You have a pretty smile.
    Það kostar ekkert að brosa.
    Smiling is free.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
  • brosmildur

Noun

brosa

  1. indefinite genitive plural of bros

Old Norse

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

brosa f

  1. a smile
    svara með brosu
    to answer with a smile

Declension
  Declension of brosa (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative brosa brosan brosur brosurnar
accusative brosu brosuna brosur brosurnar
dative brosu brosunni brosum brosunum
genitive brosu brosunnar brosna brosnanna

Verb

brosa

  1. smile
    brosa at einhverjum
    to smile at someone
    brosa við
    to smile in reply

Conjugation
Conjugation of brosa — active (weak class 3)
infinitive brosa
present participle brosandi
past participle brosaðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular brosi brosta
2nd-person singular brosir brostir
3rd-person singular brosir brosti
1st-person plural brosum brostum
2nd-person plural brosið brostuð
3rd-person plural brosa brostu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular brosa brøsta
2nd-person singular brosir brøstir
3rd-person singular brosi brøsti
1st-person plural brosim brøstim
2nd-person plural brosið brøstið
3rd-person plural brosi brøsti
imperative present
2nd-person singular bros
1st-person plural brosum
2nd-person plural brosið
Conjugation of brosa — mediopassive (weak class 3)
infinitive brosask
present participle brosandisk
past participle brosazk
indicative present past
1st-person singular brosumk brostumk
2nd-person singular brosisk brostisk
3rd-person singular brosisk brostisk
1st-person plural brosumsk brostumsk
2nd-person plural brosizk brostuzk
3rd-person plural brosask brostusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular brosumk brøstumk
2nd-person singular brosisk brøstisk
3rd-person singular brosisk brøstisk
1st-person plural brosimsk brøstimsk
2nd-person plural brosizk brøstizk
3rd-person plural brosisk brøstisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular brossk
1st-person plural brosumsk
2nd-person plural brosizk

Derived terms
  • brosan f (“smiling”)

References
  • “brosa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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