брац

Inherited from Old Slovak brať, from Proto-Slavic *bьrati. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn бра́ти (bráty) and Slovak brať.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrat͡s]
• Rhymes: -at͡s
• Hyphenation: брац

брац (brac) impf (perfective вжац)

1. (transitive) to take, to seize (to grasp with hands)
2. (transitive) to take (to retrieve and move to oneself)

   Antonym: давац (davac)

3. (transitive) to take (to carry to a particular destination)
4. (transitive) to take (to ingest medicine, drugs, etc.)
5. (transitive) to take (to assume or interpret to be)
6. (transitive) to take (to enroll in a class, or a course of study)
7. (transitive) to take (someone as an assistant or an apprentice)

   брац под свойо ― brac pod svojo ― to adopt (children) (literally, “to take under one's own”)

8. (transitive) to take, to hijack, to snatch
9. (transitive) to take away, to deprive

   Synonym: однїмац (odnjimac)

   Antonym: давац (davac)

10. (transitive) to take on, to embark, to board (to receive onboard a bus etc.)
11. (transitive) to hire, to take on

    Synonym: єднац (jednac)

12. (transitive) to take, to conquer, to capture

    Synonym: забрац (zabrac)

13. (transitive) to take (to receive into some relationship) [with за (za)]

    брац за жену ― brac za ženu ― to take for a wife

14. (intransitive) to gain weight, to fatten up

    Synonym: тиц (tic)

15. (intransitive) to get it (to receive a negative thing, e.g. beaten up or scolded)

    чекай, будзеш ти свойо брац

    čekaj, budzeš ti svojo brac

    just you wait, you're gonna get it

16. (reflexive with ше (še)) to get ready

    Synonym: рихтац (rixtac)

    мац ше бере до церкви ― mac še bere do cerkvi ― mother is getting ready for church

    дзе ше береш? ― dze še bereš? ― where are you getting ready to go to?

17. (reflexive with ше (še)) to accept (an offer, proposal etc.) [with до (do)]

    брац ше до роботи ― brac še do roboti ― to accept a job

18. (reflexive with ше (še), of fluids) to drip inside, to penetrate (in vehicles, shoes, etc.) [with до (do)]

    наштред рички вода ше им брала до коча

    naštred rički voda še im brala do koča

    in the middle of the river the water dripped into their carts

    у баркох вода ше нам брала до ципелох

    u barkox voda še nam brala do cipelox

    in the puddles the water got into our shoes

19. (reflexive with ше (še), expressive) to leave, to get lost (to depart quickly)

    бер ше! ― ber še! ― get lost!

20. (reflexive with ше (še)) to marry, to get married

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “брац”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “брац ше”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “fatten”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 111
• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “take (took, taken)”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 319