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брати

Pronunciation: [ˈbrate]

“брати” is a Ukrainian word. Its 20 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to take, to grab; but while брати is generic, дістати means "to take out (from, e.g. the fridge or a box)" and it is followed by the preposition з.
  2. to gather, to pick up
  3. to fetch (liquid)
  4. to pick (mushrooms, berries, etc.)
  5. to pull out (plants, etc.)
  6. to retrieve
  7. to obtain for use
  8. to charge (fine, tax, etc.)
  9. to loan
  10. to capture
  11. to perceive
  12. to bring
  13. to hire, to employ
  14. to arrest
  15. to marry
  16. to deliver, to assist in the birth of
  17. to eat bait (about fish)
  18. to execute an action (about machine, instrument)
  19. to overcome a difficult area, obstacle
  20. to change direction of movement

Etymology

From Old East Slavic бьрати (bĭrati), from Proto-Slavic *bьrati. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.

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