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бремя

бремя

Russian

Noun

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

  1. burden, charge, load
    большо́е бре́мя для чего́‎ ― bolʹšóje brémja dlja čevó ― big burden for something

Declension

Declension of бре́мя (inan neut-form 3rd-decl accent-c) 
singular plural
nominative бре́мя
brémja 		*бремена́
*bremená
genitive бре́мени
brémeni 		*бремён
*bremjón
dative бре́мени
brémeni 		*бремена́м
*bremenám
accusative бре́мя
brémja 		*бремена́
*bremená
instrumental бре́менем
brémenem 		*бремена́ми
*bremenámi
prepositional бре́мени
brémeni 		*бремена́х
*bremenáx

See also

References

  • Fasmer, Maks (1964–1973), “бремя”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., 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

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 inherited бере́мя ‎(berémja).

The so-called н-declension of this and a dozen other similar neuter nouns stems from the fact that the word-final -я was the nasal vowel Ѧ, ѧ (little yus) in Old Church Slavonic, resulting in the -ен- before all the case endings in the modern language.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbrʲemʲə]

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