russian word
male sibling in Russian: брат
nounmasclevel A1#542 by frequency
every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum
Мой старший брат работает врачом в больнице. My older brother works as a doctor at the hospital.
У неё есть брат, который живёт в другом городе. She has a brother who lives in another city.
Для солдат каждый из них был братом по оружию. For the soldiers, each of them was a brother in arms.
В монастыре его называли братом Иваном. In the monastery they called him Brother Ivan.
What does брат mean in Russian?
01
male sibling
Declension of брат
Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom | брат | братья |
| gen | брата | братьев |
| dat | брату | братьям |
| acc | брата | братьев |
| ins | братом | братьями |
| prep | брате | братьях |
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