братерство

Possibly borrowed from Polish braterstwo, as was брате́рський (bratérsʹkyj) from braterski. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *bratrьstvo. By surface analysis, брате́р(ський) (bratér(sʹkyj)) +‎ -ство (-stvo). Doublet of бра́тство (brátstvo). Compare also Belarusian братэ́рства (bratérstva).

• IPA^(key): [brɐˈtɛrstwɔ]

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брате́рство • (bratérstvo) n inan (genitive брате́рства, uncountable)

1. brotherliness, brotherhood, fraternity (feeling of fraternal closeness)

   Synonym: бра́тство n (brátstvo)

   Свобо́да, рі́вність, брате́рство ― Svobóda, rívnistʹ, bratérstvo ― Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “братерство”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2010), “братерство”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (а – бязь), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “братерство”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “братерство”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “братерство”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “братерство”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “братерство”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)