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 (“to be carrying”).[1] 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)
    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 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
    Singular *bьraaxъ *bьraaše *bьraaše — *beri *beri
    Dual *bьraaxově *bьraašeta *bьraašete *berěvě *berěta —
    Plural *bьraaxomъ *bьraašete *bьraaxǫ *berěmъ *berěte —

    Derived terms

    • *beračь (“picker, gatherer (agent)”)
    • *beridlo (“picker, gatherer (tool)”)
    • *berь (“act of picking”)
    • *birati (intensive ablaut)
      • *nabirati (“to pick, to accumulate”)
      • *obirati (“to steal”)
      • *orzbirati (“to understand”)
      • *pobirati (“to stack, to hold”)
      • *podъbirati (“to select”)
      • *pribirati (“to collect”)
      • *sъbirati (“to gather, to sum”)
    • *bьrakъ (“marriage”)
    • *bьranь (“harvest, picking”)
    • *bьrava (“lock, knot that locks gates”)
    • *berďa (“pregnancy”)
    • *berka (“whitebeam (Sorbus aria)”)
    • *bermę (“labour”)
    • *borъ (“set, assembly”)

    Descendants

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bьrati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 73: “v. ‘take’”
    2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “berǫ bьrati”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 204, 236; PR 139)”

    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
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