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brát

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See also: brat, Brat, BRAT, brať, brãt, braț, bråț, brät, and Brät

Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech bráti, from Proto-Slavic *bьrati.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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brát impf (perfective vzít)

  1. to take
    Berte tyhle léky třikrát denně.Take this medicine three times a day.
  2. (reflexive with se) to marry (to be joined together as spouses)
    Petra a Pavel se v červnu budou brát.Petra and Paul will marry in June.
  3. (reflexive with si) to marry, to help yourself (to some food)
    Beru si nákupní košík, protože mám malý nákup.I'm taking a shopping basket (not a cart) because I have small items.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of brát
infinitive brát, bráti active adjective beroucí
verbal noun braní passive adjective braný
present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person beru bereme berme
2nd person bereš berete ber berte
3rd person bere berou

The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive brát.

participles past participles passive participles
singular plural singular plural
masculine animate bral brali brán bráni
masculine inanimate braly brány
feminine brala brána
neuter bralo brala bráno brána
transgressives present past
masculine singular bera
feminine + neuter singular berouc
plural berouce

Antonyms

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Further reading

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  • bráti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • bráti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • brát”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025