Old East Slavic edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bermę. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic брѣмѧ (brěmę).

Pronunciation edit

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /bɛˈrɛmɛ̃/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /bʲɛˈrʲɛmʲa/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /bʲɛˈrʲɛmʲa/
  • Hyphenation: бе‧ре́‧мѧ

Noun edit

беремѧ (beremęn

  1. burden, load

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Old Ruthenian: береме (bereme)
  • Russian: бере́мя (berémja)

References edit

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “беремѧ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 70