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брати

/[ˈbrate] | [brɐˈtɪ] | [ˈbrate]/
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Grammatical form

брати is the nominative plural; also the vocative plural form of брат — “brother (biological sibling).

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Definitions

  1. 1.
    to retrieve
  2. 2.
    to execute an action (about machine, instrument)
  3. 3.
    to overcome a difficult area, obstacle
  4. 4.
    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.
  5. 5.
    to gather, to pick up
  6. 6.
    to fetch (liquid)
  7. 7.
    to pick (mushrooms, berries, etc.)
  8. 8.
    to pull out (plants, etc.)
  9. 9.
    to obtain for use
  10. 10.
    to charge (fine, tax, etc.)
  11. 11.
    to loan
  12. 12.
    to capture
  13. 13.
    to perceive
  14. 14.
    to bring
  15. 15.
    to hire, to employ
  16. 16.
    to arrest
  17. 17.
    to marry
  18. 18.
    to fill, to use up (time), to exhauste
  19. 19.
    to assume control of something (about a feeling, physical condition)
  20. 20.
    used before a verb to emphasize imperative mood, or to indicate the beginning of action
  21. 21.
    colloquialto change direction of movement
  22. 22.
    dialectalto deliver, to assist in the birth of
  23. 23.
    colloquialto eat bait (about fish)
  24. 24.
    obsoleteto wear

Synonyms & related words

Word family
  • бери́ ви́ще
  • біс бери
  • брати акорди
  • брати бика за роги
  • брати в роботу
  • брати в тямки
  • брати верх
  • брати відпустку
  • брати до відома
  • брати до серця

Etymology

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

Forms

  • бра́тиcanonical • imperfective
  • brátyromanization
  • взя́тиperfective
  • бра́тиimperfective • infinitive
  • братьimperfective • infinitive
  • -active • imperfective • present
  • -active • imperfective • past
  • -imperfective • passive • present
  • -imperfective • passive • past
  • беручи́adverbial • imperfective • present
  • бра́вшиadverbial • imperfective • past
  • беру́first-person • imperfective • present • singular
  • бу́ду бра́тиfirst-person • future • imperfective • singular
  • бу́ду бра́тьfirst-person • future • imperfective • singular
  • бра́тимуfirst-person • future • imperfective • singular
  • бере́шimperfective • present • second-person • singular
  • бу́деш бра́тиfuture • imperfective • second-person • singular
  • бу́деш бра́тьfuture • imperfective • second-person • singular
  • бра́тимешfuture • imperfective • second-person • singular
  • бере́imperfective • present • singular • third-person
  • бу́де бра́тиfuture • imperfective • singular • third-person
  • бу́де бра́тьfuture • imperfective • singular • third-person
  • бра́тимеfuture • imperfective • singular • third-person
  • бере́мfirst-person • imperfective • plural • present
  • беремо́first-person • imperfective • plural • present
  • бу́демо бра́тиfirst-person • future • imperfective • plural
  • бу́демо бра́тьfirst-person • future • imperfective • plural
  • бра́тимемоfirst-person • future • imperfective • plural
  • бра́тимемfirst-person • future • imperfective • plural
  • берете́imperfective • plural • present • second-person
  • бу́дете бра́тиfuture • imperfective • plural • second-person
  • бу́дете бра́тьfuture • imperfective • plural • second-person
  • бра́тиметеfuture • imperfective • plural • second-person
  • беру́тьimperfective • plural • present • third-person
  • бу́дуть бра́тиfuture • imperfective • plural • third-person
  • бу́дуть бра́тьfuture • imperfective • plural • third-person
  • бра́тимутьfuture • imperfective • plural • third-person
  • -first-person • imperative • singular
  • бері́мfirst-person • imperative • plural
  • бері́моfirst-person • imperative • plural
  • бери́imperative • second-person • singular
  • бері́тьimperative • plural • second-person
  • бравmasculine • past • singular
  • бра́лиmasculine • past • plural
  • бра́лаfeminine • past • singular
  • бра́лиfeminine • past • plural
  • бра́лоneuter • past • singular
  • бра́лиneuter • past • plural

Conjugation

Infinitive:бра́ти, брать
I
беру́
you (sg)
бере́ш
he/she/it
бере́
we
бере́м, беремо́
you (pl)
берете́
they
беру́ть

Other Forms

gerund:беручи́, бра́вши

Full conjugation of брати

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