бремя

Russian

Etymology

Inherited 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 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

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бремя”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “бремя”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 110
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