брати

брати • (brati) impf

1. to fight

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bьrati.

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

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)

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

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бра́ти • (bráty) impf (perfective взя́ти)

1. (transitive) to take, to grab; but while брати is generic, дістати means "to take out (from, e.g. the fridge or a box)" and it is followed by the preposition з.
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 sense) 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

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “брати”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “брати”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “брати”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “брати”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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брати́ • (bratý)

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