бревно

Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *brьvьno.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [brʲɪvˈno]
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Noun

бревно́ • (brevnó) n inan (genitive бревна́, nominative plural брёвна, genitive plural брёвен)

  1. log, beam (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches)
    • Александр Солженицын, Матренин двор 1968
      посере́ли от ста́рости брёвна сру́ба и во́рота, когда́-то могу́чие, и прореди́лась их обве́ршка
      poseréli ot stárosti brjóvna srúba i vórota, kogdá-to mogúčije, i proredílasʹ ix obvérška
      the frame beams as the door, once mighty, had grown with much time grey and its roof had weakened
  2. (in the plural) lumber
  3. (gymnastics) beam, balance beam
  4. (epithet) stupid or unfeeling man

Declension

Declension of бревно́ (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-d reduc) 
singular plural
nominative бревно́
brevnó		 брёвна
brjóvna
genitive бревна́
brevná		 брёвен
brjóven
dative бревну́
brevnú		 брёвнам
brjóvnam
accusative бревно́
brevnó		 брёвна
brjóvna
instrumental бревно́м
brevnóm		 брёвнами
brjóvnami
prepositional бревне́
brevné		 брёвнах
brjóvnax

Descendants

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