братъ

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See also: брать

Old Church Slavonic

Noun

братъ • (bratŭ) m

  1. Alternative form of братръ (bratrŭ)
    • се, брате, бѣ соупроуга бѧховѣ, ѥдиноу браздоу тѧжаща.
      se, brate, bě supruga bęxově, jedinu brazdu tęžašta.
      Behold, brother, the two of us have been yokemates, plowing the same furrow.

Declension

Declension of братъ (o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative братъ
bratŭ 		брата
brata 		брати
brati
genitive брата
brata 		братоу
bratu 		братъ
bratŭ
dative братоу, братови
bratu, bratovi 		братома
bratoma 		братомъ
bratomŭ
accusative братъ, брата
bratŭ, brata 		брата
brata 		братꙑ
braty
instrumental братомъ
bratomŭ 		братома
bratoma 		братꙑ
braty
locative братѣ
bratě 		братоу
bratu 		братѣхъ
bratěxŭ
vocative брате
brate 		брата
brata 		брати
brati

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bràtъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *brā́ˀtē, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrɑtʊ/→/ˈbratʊ/→/ˈbrat/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbrɑtʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbratʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbrat/

  • Hyphenation: бра‧тъ

Noun

братъ (bratŭ) m

  1. brother

Declension

Declension of братъ (hard o-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative братъ
bratŭ 		брата
brata 		брати
brati
Genitive брата
brata 		брату
bratu 		братъ
bratŭ
Dative брату
bratu 		братома
bratoma 		братомъ
bratomŭ
Accusative братъ
bratŭ 		брата
brata 		братꙑ
braty
Instrumental братъмь
bratŭmĭ 		братома
bratoma 		братꙑ
braty
Locative братѣ
bratě 		брату
bratu 		братѣхъ
bratěxŭ
Vocative брате
brate 		брата
brata 		брати
brati

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: братъ (brat)
  • Russian: брат (brat) (see there for further descendants)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “братъ”, 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 172

Russian

Noun

братъ • (brat) m anim (genitive бра́та, nominative plural бра́тья, genitive plural бра́тьевъ)

  1. Pre-1918 spelling of брат (brat).

Declension

Pre-reform declension of братъ (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a irreg) 
singular plural
nominative бра́тъ
brát 		бра́тья△
brátʹja△
genitive бра́та
bráta 		бра́тьевъ△
brátʹjev△
dative бра́ту
brátu 		бра́тьямъ△
brátʹjam△
accusative бра́та
bráta 		бра́тьевъ△
brátʹjev△
instrumental бра́томъ
brátom 		бра́тьями△
brátʹjami△
prepositional бра́тѣ
brátě 		бра́тьяхъ△
brátʹjax△
vocative бра́те
bráte

△ Irregular.

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