бремя

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

  • IPA(key): [ˈbrʲemʲə]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -emʲə

Noun

бре́мя • (brémja) n inan (genitive бре́мени, nominative plural *бремена́, genitive plural *бремён)

  1. burden, charge, load
    большо́е бре́мя для чего́ ― bolʹšóje brémja dlja čevó ― big burden for something

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