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Top 500noun, masculine

брат

[brat]brother

Frequency rank #243 About 1 in every 2,200 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
брат #243

Meaning

  1. brother
  2. old boy, pal
  3. kind, sort

Examples

родно́й брат

brother (sibling)

двою́родный брат

cousin, first cousin

Related

Forms by frequency

  • бра́тnominative, singular#410
  • бра́таgenitive, singular#976
  • бра́томinstrumental, singular#2,371
  • бра́тьяnominative, plural#2,401
  • бра́туdative, singular#4,192
  • бра́тьевgenitive, plural#4,226
  • бра́тьямиinstrumental, plural#10,533
  • бра́теprepositional, singular#11,293
  • бра́тьямdative, plural#20,161
  • бра́тьяхprepositional, plural#46,559

Cases

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeбра́тбра́тья
Genitiveбра́табра́тьев
Dativeбра́тубра́тьям
Accusativeбра́табра́тьев
Instrumentalбра́томбра́тьями
Prepositionalбра́тебра́тьях

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