берег

See also: берёг

Russian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʲerʲɪk]

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Noun

бе́рег • (béreg) m inan (genitive бе́рега, nominative plural берега́^*, genitive plural берего́в) (* The irregular plural берега́ is actually an old dual form, since rivers have two of them.)

1. bank, shore, coast, beach
2. land

Usage notes

• The stress may fall on the preposition in the expression на́ берег (ná bereg, “ashore”).

Declension

Declension of бе́рег (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-c irreg) 

	singular	plural
nominative	бе́рег béreg	берега́△* beregá△*
genitive	бе́рега bérega	берего́в beregóv
dative	бе́регу béregu	берега́м beregám
accusative	бе́рег béreg	берега́△* beregá△*
instrumental	бе́регом béregom	берега́ми beregámi
prepositional	бе́реге bérege	берега́х beregáx
locative	берегу́ beregú

^△ Irregular.
^* The irregular plural берега́ is actually an old dual form, since rivers have two of them.

Synonyms

• брег (breg) (poetic)

Derived terms

• берегово́й (beregovój)
• бережо́к m (berežók)
• побере́жье n (poberéžʹje)
• на́бережная f (náberežnaja)

Related terms

• прибре́жный (pribréžnyj)
• прибре́жье n (pribréžʹje)

See also

• пляж (pljaž)

Etymology 2

Verb

берег • (berjóg) impf

1. Alternative spelling of берёг (berjóg)

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Ukrainian

Pronunciation

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Noun

бе́рег • (béreh) m inan (genitive бе́рега, nominative plural береги́)

1. bank, shore, coast, beach

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “берег”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka