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]

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
See also

Etymology 2

Verb

берег • (berjóg) impf

  1. Alternative spelling of берёг (berjóg)

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. bank, shore, coast, beach

Declension

References

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