Russian edit

Etymology edit

брать (bratʹ) +‎ -ся (-sja)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈbrat͡sːə]
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Verb edit

бра́ться (brátʹsjaimpf (perfective взя́ться)

  1. to take something with hands, to take (mutually, together) (e.g. each other's hands)
  2. to set about; to undertake (за (za) + accusative case a task)
  3. (colloquial) to appear, to emerge
  4. passive of брать (bratʹ)

Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

  • браться in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru