See also: племѧ

Belarusian

edit

Etymology

edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic племѧ (plemę), from Proto-Slavic *plemę.

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): [ˈplʲemʲa]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

edit

пле́мя (pljémjan inan (genitive пле́мя or пле́мені, nominative plural плямёны, genitive plural плямён or плямёнаў, relational adjective племянны́)

  1. tribe
  2. race
  3. family, brood

Declension

edit

References

edit
  • племя” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Russian

edit

Etymology

edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic племѧ (plemę), from Proto-Slavic *plemę.

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

пле́мя (plémjan inan (genitive пле́мени, nominative plural племена́, genitive plural племён, relational adjective племенно́й, diminutive пле́мечко)

  1. tribe
  2. race
  3. family, brood
  4. generation
  5. breed

Declension

edit

Derived terms

edit
edit

References

edit
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “племя”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress