берег

See also: берёг

Russian

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʲerʲɪk]

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Noun

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

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of бе́рег (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-c irreg) 

	singular	plural
nominative	бе́рег béreg	берега́△* beregá△*
genitive	бе́рега bérega	берего́в beregóv
dative	бе́регу béregu	берега́м beregám
accusative	бе́рег béreg	берега́△* beregá△*
instrumental	бе́регом béregom	берега́ми beregámi
prepositional	бе́реге bérege	берега́х beregáx
locative	на берегу́ na beregú

^△ Irregular.
^* The irregular plural берега́ is actually an old dual form, since rivers have two of them.

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• прибре́жный (pribréžnyj)
• прибре́жье n (pribréžʹje)

See also

• пляж (pljaž)

Etymology 2

Verb

берег • (berjóg) impf

1. Alternative spelling of берёг (berjóg)

Ukrainian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛreɦ]

• Audio:

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Noun

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)

Declension

Declension of бе́рег (inan velar masc-form accent-c)

	singular	plural
nominative	бе́рег béreh	береги́ berehý
genitive	бе́рега béreha	берегі́в berehív
dative	бе́регові, бе́регу bérehovi, bérehu	берега́м berehám
accusative	бе́рег béreh	береги́ berehý
instrumental	бе́регом bérehom	берега́ми berehámy
locative	бе́резі bérezi	берега́х bereháx
vocative	бе́регу bérehu	береги́ berehý

Further reading

• 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)