Old Church Slavonic

Noun

ремень • ‎(remenĭ) m

1. strap
2. belt

Russian

ремень

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *remy (genitive *remene). Cognate to Old East Slavic ремыкъ ‎(remykŭ), Old Church Slavonic ремень ‎(remenĭ), Ukrainian ремінь ‎(reminʹ); Bulgarian ремен ‎(remen), ремик ‎(remik), ремък ‎(remǎk); Serbo-Croatian ре̏ме̑н (genitive ремена), рѐмик; Slovenian rémen, jérmen; Czech řemen, Slovak remeň; Polish rzemień; Upper Sorbian rjemjeń, Lower Sorbian rjemjeń.

Despite the similarity to German Riemen (Old High German riomо), Vasmer concludes that the claim of some earlier dictionaries that the Slavic word is a loan of the Germanic one is phonologically impossible; see Riemen for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rʲɪˈmʲenʲ]

Noun

реме́нь • ‎(reménʹ) m inan ‎(genitive ремня́, nominative plural ремни́, genitive plural ремне́й)

1. strap, thong, sling
2. belt, waist-belt

Declension

Synonyms

• по́яс ‎(pójas)

Derived terms

• ремённый ‎(remjónnyj)