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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbrʲemʲə]
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  • Rhymes: -emʲə

Noun

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бре́мя (brémjan inan (genitive бре́мени, nominative plural *бремена́, genitive plural *бремён)

  1. burden, charge, load
    большо́е бре́мя для чего́bolʹšóje brémja dlja čevóbig burden for something

Declension

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References

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  • 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, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 110
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