берегъ

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bergъ. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic брѣгъ (brěgŭ) and Old Polish brzeg.

Doublet of брѣгъ (brěgŭ), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛrɛɡʊ/→/ˈbʲɛrʲɛɡʊ/→/ˈbʲɛrʲɛːɡ/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛrɛɡʊ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɛrʲɛɡʊ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɛrʲɛːɡ/

• Hyphenation: бе‧ре‧гъ

Noun

берегъ (beregŭ) m

1. bank (of a river)
2. shore (of the sea)

Declension

Declension of берегъ (u-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	берегъ beregŭ	берегꙑ beregy	берегове beregove
Genitive	берегу beregu	берегову beregovu	береговъ beregovŭ
Dative	берегови, берегу beregovi, beregu	берегъма beregŭma	берегъмъ beregŭmŭ
Accusative	берегъ beregŭ	берегꙑ beregy	берегꙑ beregy
Instrumental	берегъмь beregŭmĭ	берегъма beregŭma	берегъми beregŭmi
Locative	берегу beregu	берегову beregovu	берегъхъ beregŭxŭ
Vocative	берегъ beregŭ	берегꙑ beregy	берегове beregove

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: бе́регъ (béreh)
  • Belarusian: бе́раг (bjérah)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: бе́рег (béreh)
  • Ukrainian: бе́ріг (bérih), бе́рег (béreh)
• Russian: бе́рег (béreg)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “берегъ”, 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), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 69