братъ

See also: брать

Old Church Slavonic edit

братъ • (bratŭ) m

Alternative form of братръ (bratrŭ)
- се, брате, бѣ соупроуга бѧховѣ, ѥдиноу браздоу тѧжаща.
  se, brate, bě supruga bęxově, jedinu brazdu tęžašta.
  Behold, brother, the two of us have been yokemates, plowing the same furrow.

Declension of братъ (o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	братъ bratŭ	брата brata	брати brati
genitive	брата brata	братоу bratu	братъ bratŭ
dative	братоу, братови bratu, bratovi	братома bratoma	братомъ bratomŭ
accusative	братъ, брата bratŭ, brata	брата brata	братꙑ braty
instrumental	братомъ bratomŭ	братома bratoma	братꙑ braty
locative	братѣ bratě	братоу bratu	братѣхъ bratěxŭ
vocative	брате brate	брата brata	брати brati

братъ (bratŭ) m

Declension of братъ (hard o-stem)

Old Ruthenian: братъ (brat)
- Belarusian: брат (brat)
- Carpathian Rusyn: брат (brat)
- Ukrainian: брат (brat)
Russian: брат (brat) (see there for further descendants)

Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “братъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 172

братъ • (brat) m anim (genitive бра́та, nominative plural бра́тья, genitive plural бра́тьевъ)

Pre-reform declension of братъ (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a irreg)

^△Irregular.