берег

Inherited from Old East Slavic берегъ (beregŭ), from Proto-Slavic *bergъ. Doublet of брег (breg), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

• бе́регъ (béreg) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʲerʲɪk]

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бе́рег • (béreg) m inan (genitive бе́рега, nominative plural берега́^*, genitive plural берего́в, relational adjective берегово́й, diminutive бережо́к) (* The irregular plural берега́ is actually an old dual form, since rivers have two of them.)

1. bank, shore, coast, beach

   Synonym: (poetic) брег (breg)

2. land

• The stress may fall on the preposition in the expression на́ берег (ná bereg, “ashore”).

• побере́жье n (poberéžʹje)
• на́бережная f (náberežnaja)

• прибре́жный (pribréžnyj)
• прибре́жье n (pribréžʹje)

• пляж (pljaž)

берег • (berjóg) impf

1. Alternative spelling of берёг (berjóg)

From Old East Slavic берегъ (beregŭ), from Proto-Slavic *bergъ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛreɦ]

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бе́рег • (béreh) m inan (genitive бе́рега, nominative plural береги́, genitive plural берегі́в, relational adjective берегови́й, diminutive бережо́к)

1. bank, shore, coast, beach
2. The edge or border of a hole or trench. (compare Middle English brinke)
3. (in the plural) The edge of a cup, glass, bowl, or of a cloth, fabric, tissue. (compare Middle English brinke)
4. (in the plural) margins (the edges of the paper, typically left blank when printing)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “берег”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “берег”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “берег”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)