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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bьrati

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bírāˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti. The past stem *bьr-a- emerged from zero-grade *br-a- through secondary ablaut.

Verb

*bьràti impf[1][2]

  1. to pick up
  2. to take

Conjugation
  • Iterative *birati
Conjugation of *bьrati, *bьra, *beretь (impf., -a/C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Suffix: *-ati
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*bьranьje *bьrati *bьratъ *bьralъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *bьranъ *beromъ
Active *bьravъ *bery
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *bьraxъ*bьra*bьra *berǫ*bereši*beretь
Dual *bьraxově*bьrasta*bьraste *berevě*bereta*berete
Plural *bьraxomъ*bьraste*bьrašę *beremъ*berete*berǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *bьraaxъ*bьraaše*bьraaše —*beri*beri
Dual *bьraaxově*bьraašeta*bьraašete *berěvě*berěta—
Plural *bьraaxomъ*bьraašete*bьraaxǫ *berěmъ*berěte—
  • *borъ (“set, assembly”)
  • *bermę (“labour”)
  • *berďa (“pregnancy”)
  • *berka (“whitebeam (Sorbus aria)”)

Derived terms
  • *birati (intensive ablaut)
    • *sъbirati (“to gather, to sum”)
    • *nabirati (“to pick, to accumulate”)
    • *obirati (“to steal”)
    • *pribirati (“to collect”)
    • *podъbirati (“to select”)
    • *orzbirati (“to understand”)
    • *pobirati (“to stack, to hold”)
  • *beračь (“picker, gatherer (agent)”)
  • *beridlo (“picker, gatherer (tool)”)
  • *berь (“act of picking”)
    • *berьba (“picking”)
    • *berьna (“sum”)
  • *bьrakъ (“marriage”)
  • *bьranь (“harvest, picking”)
  • *bьrava (“lock, knot that locks gates”)

Descendants

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bьrati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 162

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bьrati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 73: “v. ‘take’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “berǫ bьrati”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 204, 236; PR 139)”
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