оберемок

Ukrainian

Etymology

From о- (o-) + (obsolete) бере́м'я (berémʺja, burden) + -ок (-ok).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɔbeˈrɛmɔk]
  • (file)

Noun

обере́мок • (oberémok) m inan (genitive обере́мка, nominative plural обере́мки, genitive plural обере́мків, diminutive обере́мочок)

  1. armful, handful bundle, (the amount of something which can be carried in the arms)
    • 1956, Л. Нечуй-Левицький, (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 70:
      Погонич, обсипаний снігом, .. насилу вліз у двері з цілим оберемком скриньок.
      Pohonyč, obsypanyj snihom, .. nasylu vliz u dveri z cilym oberemkom skrynʹok.
      The driver, covered in snow, .. struggled to enter the door with a whole bundle of boxes.
  2. (colloquial, figurative) a bunch, bundle (a lot of something)

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