brát

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

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbraːt]
  • Rhymes: -aːt
  • Hyphenation: brát

Verb

brát impf (perfective vzít)

  1. to take
    Berte tyhle léky třikrát denně. ― Take this medicine three times a day.
  1. (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.
  2. (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
Conjugation
Infinitive brát, bráti Active adjective beroucí
Verbal noun braní Passive adjective braný
Present formsindicativeimperative
singularpluralsingularplural
1st person berubereme—berme
2nd person berešbereteberberte
3rd person bereberou——
The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive brát.
ParticiplesPast participlesPassive participles
singularpluralsingularplural
masculine animate bralbralibránbráni
masculine inanimate bralybrány
feminine bralabrána
neuter bralobralabránobrána
Transgressives present past
masculine singular bera—
feminine + neuter singular berouc—
plural berouce—

Antonyms

Further reading
  • bráti in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • bráti in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • brát in Internetová jazyková příručka
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