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to take

Source:*bьratiProto-Slaviccertain

The perfective is a different verb, *vъzęti: взять, взя́ти, wziąć, vzít, uzeti.

English

to take

Polish

brać
bratɕ
Cognate· distant (Indo-European)Same source — the sound laws connect them.

In all five languages

BCS script
  • Russian
    братьbratʹ
    bratʲinherited
  • Ukrainian
    бра́тиbraty
    ˈbratɪinherited
  • Polish
    brać
    bratɕinherited
  • Czech
    brát
    braːtinherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    bratiбрати
    ˈbratiinherited

    Usually 'to pick, gather'; 'take' is uzimati.

  • English
    to take

    Distant English relative: bear — Bear 'carry' and *bьrati share the Indo-European root *bʰer-.

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