-бирать

See also: бирать

Russian

Etymology

From imperfective lengthening of the Proto-Slavic perfective infinitive stem *-bьr- (from the infinitive *bьrati) + -а́ть (-átʹ). Similar lengthening accounts for the change -о--а- in imperfective derivations in -ывать (-yvatʹ) and -ивать (-ivatʹ), e.g.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʲɪˈratʲ]

Combining form

-бира́ть • (-birátʹimpf (perfective -бра́ть)

  1. Combining form used to form imperfective counterparts of prefixed derivatives of брать (bratʹ, to take).
    избра́ть pf (izbrátʹ)избира́ть impf (izbirátʹ)
    отобра́ть pf (otobrátʹ)отбира́ть impf (otbirátʹ)
    прибра́ть pf (pribrátʹ)прибира́ть impf (pribirátʹ)
    разобра́ть pf (razobrátʹ)разбира́ть impf (razbirátʹ)

Conjugation

See also