братрьꙗ

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bratrьja, *bratьja, morphologically equivalent to братръ (bratrŭ) + -ьꙗ (-ĭja)

Noun

братрьꙗ • (bratrĭja) f

  1. (collective) brothers, brethren
    • from М Мт 19.29:
      ꙇ вьсѣкъ иже оставитъ братриѭ ли сестрꙑ. ли от҃ца ли матерь ... імене моего ради ... животъ вѣчънꙑ наслѣдитъ
      i vĭsěkŭ iže ostavitŭ bratrijǫ li sestry. li ot:ca li materĭ ... imene moego radi ... životŭ věčŭny naslěditŭ
      and everyone who has left brothers or sisters. or father or mother ... because of my name ... eternal life will inherit
  2. adherents
  3. monastic brotherhood, fraternity

Declension

References

братриꙗ”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2024

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