braś
See also: Braś, bras, BRAS, Brás, brâs, and -bras
Lower Sorbian
Alternative forms
- brasch (obsolete)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *bьrati, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /braɕ/
Verb
braś impf (perfective wześ)
- to take
Conjugation
Conjugation of braś (imperfective)
| Present | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | bjeru, bjerjom | bjerjomej | bjerjomy |
| 2nd person | bjerjoš | bjerjotej | bjerjośo |
| 3rd person | bjerjo | bjerjotej | bjeru |
| Preterite | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| 1st person | bjerjech | bjerjechmej | bjerjechmy |
| 2nd person | bjerješo | bjerještej | bjerješćo |
| 3rd person | bjerješo | bjerještej | bjerjechu |
| Imperative | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| 2nd person | bjeŕ | bjeŕtej | bjeŕśo |
- Participles
- Present: bjerjecy, bjerucy
- Past active (“ł-form”): brał
- Past passive: brany
- Infinitive
- braś
- Supine
- brat
- Verbal noun
- branje, braśe
Derived terms
- dobraś
- dozebraś
- nabraś
- póbraś
- pśebraś
- pśibraś
- rozebraś
- wobraś
- wótebraś
- wubraś
- zabraś
- zebraś
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “braś”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “braś”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag