бремя

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic брѣмѧ (brěmę), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic брѣмѧ (brěmę), from Proto-Slavic *bermę (load, burden), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-men-. Compare the inherited doublet бере́мя (berémja).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbrʲemʲə]
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  • Rhymes: -emʲə

Noun

бре́мя (brémja) n inan (genitive бре́мени, nominative plural *бремена́, genitive plural *бремён)

  1. burden, charge, load
    большо́е бре́мя для чего́bolʹšóje brémja dlja čevóbig burden for something

Declension

See also

References

  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), бремя”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
  • Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), бремя”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 110
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