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берег

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See also: берёг

Russian

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Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbʲerʲɪk]
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Noun

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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)
    • 1859, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “Глава 26”, in Дворянское гнездо; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., A House of Gentlefolk, 1917:
      Ма́рью Дми́триевну посади́ли на кре́сло во́зле бе́рега, в тени́, постла́ли ей ковёр под но́ги, да́ли лу́чшую у́дочку[...]
      Márʹju Dmítrijevnu posadíli na kréslo vózle bérega, v tení, postláli jej kovjór pod nógi, dáli lúčšuju údočku[...]
      Marya Dmitrievna was put in an arm-chair near the banks, in the shade, with a rug under her feet and the best line was given to her.
    • 2018, Soft Blade, “Zerkalo”‎[1]:
      Посмотри́, како́е холо́дное не́бо.
      Э́тот бе́рег мне совсе́м незнако́м.
      Posmotrí, kakóje xolódnoje nébo.
      Étot béreg mne sovsém neznakóm.
      Look, how cold is the sky.
      I don't know this shore at all
  2. land
Usage notes
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  • The stress may fall on the preposition in the expression на́ берег (ná bereg, “ashore”).
Declension
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Derived terms
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Compounds:

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Derived from брег m (breg):

See also
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References

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

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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берег • (berjóg) impf

  1. alternative spelling of берёг (berjóg)

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    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

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    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

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