братиꙗ

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From братъ (bratŭ, “brother”) +‎ -иꙗ (-ija).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɑtɪjɑ/, /ˈbrɑtijɑ/→/ˈbratʲɪja/, /ˈbratʲija/→/ˈbratʲja/, /ˈbratʲija/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈbrɑtɪjɑ/, /ˈbrɑtijɑ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈbratʲɪja/, /ˈbratʲija/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈbratʲja/, /ˈbratʲija/

• Hyphenation: бра‧ти‧ꙗ

Noun

братиꙗ (bratija) f

1. (collective) brothers; brotherhood
   • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik‎^[1], page 1:

     Добро есть, братиѥ, почѥтаньѥ книжьноѥ։ паче вьсѧкомоу хрьстьꙗноу·

     Dobro estĭ, bratije, počjetanĭje knižĭnoje։ pače vĭsękomu xrĭstĭjanu·

     The reading of books is good, brothers: more so for any Christian.

Declension

Declension of братиꙗ (soft a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	братиꙗ bratija	братии bratii	братиѣ bratijě
Genitive	братиѣ bratijě	братию bratiju	братии bratii
Dative	братии bratii	братиꙗма bratijama	братиꙗмъ bratijamŭ
Accusative	братиѭ bratijǫ	братии bratii	братиѣ bratijě
Instrumental	братиеѭ bratijejǫ	братиꙗма bratijama	братиꙗми bratijami
Locative	братии bratii	братию bratiju	братиꙗхъ bratijaxŭ
Vocative	братие bratije	братии bratii	братиѣ bratijě

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: бра́тья (brátʹja), бра́тия (brátija)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: бра́тія (brátija)
  • Ukrainian: бра́ття (bráttja)
• Russian: бра́тья (brátʹja)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “братиꙗ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[2] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 170