Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/birati

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Iterative form of*bьrati (“to pick up, to take”).

Verb

*birati (sę)^[1]

(reflexive) to pick up, to take

Conjugation

Conjugation of *birati, *bira, *birajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*biranьje	*birati	*biratъ	*biralъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*biranъ	*birajemъ
Active	*biravъ	*biraję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*biraxъ	*bira	*bira	*birajǫ	*biraješi	*birajetь
Dual	*biraxově	*birasta	*biraste	*birajevě	*birajeta	*birajete
Plural	*biraxomъ	*biraste	*birašę	*birajemъ	*birajete	*birajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*biraaxъ	*biraaše	*biraaše	—	*biraji	*biraji
Dual	*biraaxově	*biraašeta	*biraašete	*birajivě	*birajita	—
Plural	*biraaxomъ	*biraašete	*biraaxǫ	*birajimъ	*birajite	—

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Ruthenian:
  - Belarusian: -біра́ць (-birácʹ)
  - Ukrainian: -бира́ти (-byráty)
- Russian: бира́ть (birátʹ) (rare), -бира́ть (-birátʹ)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: би́рам (bíram) (obsolete, prefixed derivatives commonly attested)
- Macedonian: бира (bira)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: би́рати
  
  Latin script: bírati
West Slavic:
- Old Polish: birać
  - Polish: bierać

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*birati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 97

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*birati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 97

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