братиꙗ

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Old East Slavic

Etymology

From братъ (bratŭ, “brother”) +‎ -иꙗ (-ija).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrɑtɪjɑ/, /ˈbrɑtijɑ/→/ˈbratʲɪja/, /ˈbratʲija/→/ˈbratʲja/, /ˈbratʲija/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbrɑtɪjɑ/, /ˈbrɑtijɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbratʲɪja/, /ˈbratʲija/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbratʲja/, /ˈbratʲija/

  • Hyphenation: бра‧ти‧ꙗ

Noun

братиꙗ (bratija) f

  1. (collective) brothers; brotherhood
    • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik‎, page 1:
      Добро есть, братиѥ, почѥтаньѥ книжьноѥ։ паче вьсѧкомоу хрьстьꙗноу·
      Dobro estĭ, bratije, počjetanĭje knižĭnoje։ pače vĭsękomu xrĭstĭjanu·
      The reading of books is good, brothers: more so for any Christian.

Declension

Declension of братиꙗ (soft a-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative братиꙗ
bratija 		братии
bratii 		братиѣ
bratijě
Genitive братиѣ
bratijě 		братию
bratiju 		братии
bratii
Dative братии
bratii 		братиꙗма
bratijama 		братиꙗмъ
bratijamŭ
Accusative братиѭ
bratijǫ 		братии
bratii 		братиѣ
bratijě
Instrumental братиеѭ
bratijejǫ 		братиꙗма
bratijama 		братиꙗми
bratijami
Locative братии
bratii 		братию
bratiju 		братиꙗхъ
bratijaxŭ
Vocative братие
bratije 		братии
bratii 		братиѣ
bratijě

Descendants

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “братиꙗ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 170
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