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See also: братъ

Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic бьрати (bĭrati), from Proto-Slavic *bьràti (to take), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bírāˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti, whence English bear and Persian بردن (bordan, to take, to carry).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [bratʲ]
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Verb

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брать (bratʹimpf (perfective взять)

  1. to take
    брать себе́ в го́ловуbratʹ sebé v gólovuto take it into one's head
    брать кого́-либо за ру́куbratʹ kovó-libo za rúkuto take someone by the hand
    • 1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 6:8:
      И заповедал им ничего не брать в дорогу, кроме одного посоха: ни сумы, ни хлеба, ни меди в поясе,
      I zapovedal im ničevo ne bratʹ v dorogu, krome odnovo posoxa: ni sumy, ni xleba, ni medi v pojase,
      He instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick—no food, no sack, no money in their belts.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “беру”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “брать”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 109