берегъ

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bergъ. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic брѣгъ (brěgŭ) and Old Polish brzeg.

Doublet of брѣгъ (brěgŭ), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛrɛɡʊ//ˈbʲɛrʲɛɡʊ//ˈbʲɛrʲɛːɡ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbɛrɛɡʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɛrʲɛɡʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɛrʲɛːɡ/

  • Hyphenation: бе‧ре‧гъ

Noun

берегъ (beregŭm

  1. bank (of a river)
  2. shore (of the sea)

Declension

Declension of берегъ (u-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative берегъ
beregŭ
берегꙑ
beregy
берегове
beregove
genitive берегу
beregu
берегову
beregovu
береговъ
beregovŭ
dative берегови, берегу
beregovi, beregu
берегъма
beregŭma
берегъмъ
beregŭmŭ
accusative берегъ
beregŭ
берегꙑ
beregy
берегꙑ
beregy
instrumental берегъмь
beregŭmĭ
берегъма
beregŭma
берегъми
beregŭmi
locative берегу
beregu
берегову
beregovu
берегъхъ
beregŭxŭ
vocative берегъ
beregŭ
берегꙑ
beregy
берегове
beregove

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: бе́регъ (béreh)
  • Russian: бе́рег (béreg)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “берегъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 69