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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bírāˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti. The past stem *bьr-a- emerged from zero-grade *br-a- through secondary ablaut.
Verb
*bьràti impf
- to pick up
- to take
Conjugation
Conjugation of
*bьrati, *bьra, *beretь (
impf.,
-a/C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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*bьranьje
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*bьrati
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*bьratъ
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*bьralъ
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Participles
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Tense
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Past
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Present
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Passive
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*bьranъ
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*beromъ
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Active
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*bьravъ
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*bery
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Aorist
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Present
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Person
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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Singular
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*bьraxъ |
*bьra |
*bьra
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*berǫ |
*bereši |
*beretь
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Dual
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*bьraxově |
*bьrasta |
*bьraste
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*berevě |
*bereta |
*berete
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Plural
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*bьraxomъ |
*bьraste |
*bьrašę
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*beremъ |
*berete |
*berǫtь
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Imperfect
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Imperative
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Person
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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Singular
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*bьraaxъ |
*bьraaše |
*bьraaše
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— |
*beri |
*beri
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Dual
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*bьraaxově |
*bьraašeta |
*bьraašete
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*berěvě |
*berěta |
—
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Plural
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*bьraaxomъ |
*bьraašete |
*bьraaxǫ
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*berěmъ |
*berěte |
—
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Related terms
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bьrati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 162
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bьrati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 73: “v. ‘take’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “berǫ bьrati”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 204, 236; PR 139)”