брать

See also: братъ

Russian

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): [bratʲ]
  • (file)

Verb

брать • (bratʹ) impf (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

Conjugation

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References

  • 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, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 109
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