брати

брати • (brati)

1. to fight

• Russian: бороться (borotʹsja)

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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• IPA^(key): [ˈbrɑte]

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

• Melʹnyčuk O. S., editor (1982), “брати”, in Etymolohičnyj slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume I, Kiev: Naukova Dumka, page 247
• брати in Bilodid I. K., editor (1970–1980) Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy, Kiev: Naukova Dumka

See the etymology of the main entry.

• IPA^(key): [brɐˈtɪ]

брати́ • (bratý)

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