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Russian
Etymology
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
Noun
бре́мя • (brémja) n inan (genitive бре́мени, nominative plural *бремена́, genitive plural *бремён)
- burden, charge, load
- большо́е бре́мя для чего́ ― bolʹšóje brémja dlja čevó ― big burden for something
Declension
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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бре́мя
brémja
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*бремена́
*bremená
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| genitive
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бре́мени
brémeni
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*бремён
*bremjón
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| dative
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бре́мени
brémeni
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*бремена́м
*bremenám
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| accusative
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бре́мя
brémja
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*бремена́
*bremená
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| instrumental
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бре́менем
brémenem
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*бремена́ми
*bremenámi
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| prepositional
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бре́мени
brémeni
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*бремена́х
*bremenáx
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References
- 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