bràtьja

bràtrьja; bràtьja Grammatical information: f. jā Accent paradigm: a Proto-Slavic meaning: `brothers (coll.)'

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Old Church Slavic:

bratrija `brothers, brotherhood' [f jā];

bratija `brothers, brotherhood' [f jā]

Russian:

brát'ja `brothers' [Nompm o]

Ukrainian:

bráttja `brothers (coll.)' [Nompn jo]

Czech:

bratří (arch.) `brotherhood' [f iā], bratřie (arch.) `brotherhood' [f iā]

Old Czech:

bratř `brotherhood' [f i]

Polish:

bracia (arch.) `brothers (coll.)' [f jā]

Lower Sorbian:

bratśa (arch., obs.) `brothers (coll.), brotherhood' [f ā]

Polabian:

brot'ă `brothers' [Nompm o]

Serbo-Croatian:

brȁća `brothers' [f jā];

brȁtja `brothers' [f ā];

Čak brȁća (Vrgada) `brothers' [f jā];

Čak brȁća (Orbanići) `brothers (and sisters)' [f jā]

Slovene:

brȃtja `brothers' [f jā]

Macedonian:

bratija `brotherhood' [f ā]

Indo-European reconstruction: bʰreh₂-tr-ieh₂-

IE meaning: brotherhood

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Other cognates:

Gk. φρα̑τρία [f] `brotherhood'