брати

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Old Church Slavonic

Verb

брати • (brati) impf

  1. to fight

Conjugation

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bьrati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brâti/
  • Hyphenation: бра‧ти

Verb

бра̏ти impf (Latin spelling brȁti)

  1. (transitive) to pick (grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails)
  2. (transitive) to pick (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption)

Conjugation

Conjugation of брати
Infinitive: брати Present verbal adverb: бѐрӯћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: бра́ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present берем береш бере беремо берете беру
Future Future I брат ћу1
браћу 		брат ћеш1
браћеш 		брат ће1
браће 		брат ћемо1
браћемо 		брат ћете1
браћете 		брат ће1
браће
Future II бу̏де̄м брао2 бу̏де̄ш брао2 бу̏де̄ брао2 бу̏де̄мо брали2 бу̏де̄те брали2 бу̏дӯ брали2
Past Perfect брао сам2 брао си2 брао је2 брали смо2 брали сте2 брали су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам брао2 би̏о си брао2 би̏о је брао2 би́ли смо брали2 би́ли сте брали2 би́ли су брали2
Imperfect брах браше браше брасмо брасте браху
Conditional I брао бих2 брао би2 брао би2 брали бисмо2 брали бисте2 брали би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих брао2 би̏о би брао2 би̏о би брао2 би́ли бисмо брали2 би́ли бисте брали2 би́ли би брали2
Imperative — бери — беримо берите —
Active past participle брао m / брала f / брало n брали m / брале f / брала n
Passive past participle бран m / брана f / брано n брани m / бране f / брана n
1   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
2   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.
3   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.

4   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.
  *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

Ukrainian

Etymology 1

From Old East Slavic бьрати (bĭrati), from Proto-Slavic *bьrati. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.

Pronunciation

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Verb

бра́ти • (bráty) impf (perfective взя́ти)

  1. (transitive) to take, to grab
  2. (transitive) to gather, to pick up
  3. (transitive) to fetch (liquid)
  4. (transitive) to pick (mushrooms, berries, etc.)
  5. (transitive) to pull out (plants, etc.)
  6. (transitive) to retrieve
  7. (transitive) to obtain for use
  8. (transitive) to charge (fine, tax, etc.)
  9. (transitive) to loan
  10. (transitive) to capture
  11. (transitive) to perceive
  12. (transitive) to bring
  13. (transitive) to hire, to employ
  14. (transitive) to arrest
  15. (transitive, dated) to marry
  16. (transitive, dialectal) to deliver, to assist in the birth of
  17. (intransitive, colloquial) to eat bait (about fish)
  18. (intransitive, transitive) to execute an action (about machine, instrument)
  19. (transitive) to overcome a difficult area, obstacle
  20. (intransitive, colloquial) to change direction of movement
  21. (transitive) to fill, to use up (time), to exhauste
  22. (transitive) to assume control of something (about a feeling, physical condition)
  23. (transitive, obsolete) to wear
  24. (intransitive) used before a verb to emphasize imperative mood, or to indicate the beginning of action
Conjugation
Conjugation of бра́ти, брать (class 6°b, imperfective, transitive, irregular)
For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.
imperfective aspect
infinitive бра́ти, брать
bráty, bratʹ
participles present tense past tense
active — —
passive — —
adverbial беручи́
beručý 		бра́вши
brávšy
present tense future tense
1st singular
я 		беру́
berú 		бу́ду бра́ти, бу́ду бра́ть, бра́тиму
búdu bráty, búdu brátʹ, brátymu
2nd singular
ти 		бере́ш
beréš 		бу́деш бра́ти, бу́деш бра́ть, бра́тимеш
búdeš bráty, búdeš brátʹ, brátymeš
3rd singular
він / вона / воно 		бере́
beré 		бу́де бра́ти, бу́де бра́ть, бра́тиме
búde bráty, búde brátʹ, brátyme
1st plural
ми 		бере́м, беремо́
berém, beremó 		бу́демо бра́ти, бу́демо бра́ть, бра́тимемо, бра́тимем
búdemo bráty, búdemo brátʹ, brátymemo, brátymem
2nd plural
ви 		берете́
bereté 		бу́дете бра́ти, бу́дете бра́ть, бра́тимете
búdete bráty, búdete brátʹ, brátymete
3rd plural
вони 		беру́ть
berútʹ 		бу́дуть бра́ти, бу́дуть бра́ть, бра́тимуть
búdutʹ bráty, búdutʹ brátʹ, brátymutʹ
imperative singular plural
first-person — бері́м, бері́мо
berím, berímo
second-person бери́
berý 		бері́ть
berítʹ
past tense singular plural
ми / ви / вони
masculine
я / ти / він 		брав
brav 		бра́ли
brály
feminine
я / ти / вона 		бра́ла
brála
neuter
воно 		бра́ло
brálo
Derived terms
prefixed verbs

References

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

брати́ • (bratý)

  1. nominative plural of брат (brat)
  2. vocative plural of брат (brat)
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