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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish brzemię, from Proto-Slavic *bermę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bérˀmin, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-H-men.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (normal speech) /ˈbʐɛ.mjɛ/, (careful speech) /ˈbʐɛ.mjɛw̃/
- Rhymes: -ɛmjɛw̃
- Syllabification: brze‧mię
Noun
brzemię n (diminutive brzemionko or (obsolete) brzemiączko)
- (figurative or poetic) burden, onus (responsibility)
- (figurative or poetic) burden (cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive)
- (obsolete or dialectal, Southern Greater Poland) burden (heavy load)
- Synonyms: ciężar, ładunek
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References
Further reading
- brzemię in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- brzemię in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Oskar Kolberg (1877) “brzemię”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 29