brať

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

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bьrati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [brac]

Verb

brať impf (perfective vziať)

1. to take

   Antonym: dávať

Conjugation

Conjugation of brať (imperfective; class III, pattern brať)

infinitive			brať
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
present		beriem	berieš	berie	berieme	beriete	berú
past	masculine	bral som	bral si	bral	brali sme	brali ste	brali
	feminine	brala som	brala si	brala
	neuter	bralo som	bralo si	bralo
past perfect	masculine	bol som bral	bol si bral	bol bral	boli sme brali	boli ste brali	boli brali
	feminine	bola som brala	bola si brala	bola brala
	neuter	bolo som bralo	bolo si bralo	bolo bralo
future		budem brať	budeš brať	bude brať	budeme brať	budete brať	budú brať
conditional		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
present	masculine	bral by som	bral by si	bral by	brali by sme	brali by ste	brali by
	feminine	brala by som	brala by si	brala by
	neuter	bralo by som	bralo by si	bralo by
past	masculine	bol by som bral	bol by si bral	bol by bral	boli by sme brali	boli by ste brali	boli by brali
	feminine	bola by som brala	bola by si brala	bola by brala
	neuter	bolo by som bralo	bolo by si bralo	bolo by bralo
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
present		—	ber	—	berme	berte	—
non-finite forms		participles				transgressive	verbal noun
		present active	past active	passive	l-participle
		berúci	—	braný	bral, brala, bralo, brali	berúc	branie

Further reading

• “brať”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024