братиꙗ

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From братъ (bratŭ, “brother”) +‎ -иꙗ (-ija).

Pronunciation
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbrɑtɪjɑ/, /ˈbrɑtijɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbratʲɪja/, /ˈbratʲija/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbratʲja/, /ˈbratʲija/
  • Hyphenation: бра‧ти‧ꙗ

Noun

братиꙗ (bratija) f

  1. (collective) brothers; brotherhood
    • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik‎, page 1:
      Добро есть, братиѥ, почѥтаньѥ книжьноѥ։ паче вьсѧкомоу хрьстьꙗноу·
      Dobro estĭ, bratije, počjetanĭje knižĭnoje։ pače vĭsękomu xrĭstĭjanu·
      The reading of books is good, brothers: more so for any Christian.

Declension
Declension of братиꙗ (soft a-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative братиꙗ
bratija		 братии
bratii		 братиѣ
bratiě
Genitive братиѣ
bratiě		 братию
bratiju		 братии
bratii
Dative братии
bratii		 братиꙗма
bratijama		 братиꙗмъ
bratijamŭ
Accusative братиѭ
bratijǫ		 братии
bratii		 братиѣ
bratiě
Instrumental братиеѭ
bratiejǫ		 братиꙗма
bratijama		 братиꙗми
bratijami
Locative братии
bratii		 братию
bratiju		 братиꙗхъ
bratijaxŭ
Vocative братие
bratie		 братии
bratii		 братиѣ
bratiě

Descendants

References
  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “братиꙗ”, 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), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 170
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