берегъ

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

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛrɛɡʊ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɛrʲɛɡʊ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɛrʲɛːɡ/
• Hyphenation: бе‧ре‧гъ

Noun

берегъ (beregŭ) m

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

Declension

Declension of берегъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	берегъ beregŭ	берега berega	берези berezi
Genitive	берега berega	берегу beregu	берегъ beregŭ
Dative	берегу beregu	берегома beregoma	берегомъ beregomŭ
Accusative	берегъ beregŭ	берега berega	берегꙑ beregy
Instrumental	берегъмь beregŭmĭ	берегома beregoma	берегꙑ beregy
Locative	березѣ berezě	берегу beregu	березѣхъ berezěxŭ
Vocative	береже bereže	берега berega	берези berezi

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: бе́регъ (béreh)
  • Belarusian: бе́раг (bjérah)
  • Rusyn: бе́рег (béreh)
  • Ukrainian: бе́ріг (bérih), бе́рег (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]‎ (in Russian), volume 1: А – К, Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 69