племя

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See also: племѧ

Belarusian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. tribe
  2. race
  3. family, brood

Declension

Declension of пле́мя (inan 4th-decl neut-form // n-stem neut-form accent-a/c)
singular plural
nominative пле́мя
pljémja 		плямёны
pljamjóny
genitive пле́мя, пле́мені
pljémja, pljémjeni 		плямён, плямёнаў
pljamjón, pljamjónaŭ
dative пле́мю, пле́мені
pljémju, pljémjeni 		плямёнам
pljamjónam
accusative пле́мя
pljémja 		плямёны
pljamjóny
instrumental пле́мем, пле́менем
pljémjem, pljémjenjem 		плямёнамі
pljamjónami
locative пле́мі, пле́мені
pljémi, pljémjeni 		плямёнах
pljamjónax
count form — пле́мені1
pljémjeni1

1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

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

Russian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

пле́мя • (plémja) n 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

Declension of пле́мя (inan neut-form 3rd-decl accent-c) 
singular plural
nominative пле́мя
plémja 		племена́
plemená
genitive пле́мени
plémeni 		племён
plemjón
dative пле́мени
plémeni 		племена́м
plemenám
accusative пле́мя
plémja 		племена́
plemená
instrumental пле́менем
plémenem 		племена́ми
plemenámi
prepositional пле́мени
plémeni 		племена́х
plemenáx
Pre-reform declension of пле́мя (inan neut-form 3rd-decl accent-c) 
singular plural
nominative пле́мя
plémja 		племена́
plemená
genitive пле́мени
plémeni 		племёнъ
plemjón
dative пле́мени
plémeni 		племена́мъ
plemenám
accusative пле́мя
plémja 		племена́
plemená
instrumental пле́менемъ
plémenem 		племена́ми
plemenámi
prepositional пле́мени
plémeni 		племена́хъ
plemenáx

Derived terms

References

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