сестра
Bulgarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *sestra, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
сестра́ • (sestrá) f (relational adjective се́стрин, diminutive сестри́ца or сестри́чка)
- sister (a female sibling)
- sister, nun (a female member of a religious community)
- Synonym: калугерка (kalugerka)
- (with медицинска (medicinska)) a nurse
Declension[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- медицинска сестра (medicinska sestra)
- старша сестра (starša sestra)
- хирургическа сестра (hirurgičeska sestra)
Macedonian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sestra, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
сестра • (sestra) f (masculine брат, relational adjective сестрин or сестрински, diminutive сестричка or сестриче or сестрица, augmentative сестриште)
- sister
- (colloquial) Used to designate someone resembling the person in question, especially in character (hyperbolically suggesting that she could therefore be that person's sister).
- Ellipsis of медицинска сестра (medicinska sestra, “nurse”).
- (Christianity) nun
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- полусестра f (polusestra)
- посестри (posestri)
- посестрима f (posestrima)
- посестримица f (posestrimica)
- посестримство n (posestrimstvo)
- присестра f (prisestra)
- сестринство n (sestrinstvo)
- сестрична f (sestrična)
- сестричница f (sestričnica)
Old Church Slavonic[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Glagolitic: ⱄⰵⱄⱅⱃⰰ (sestra)
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *sestra, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.
Noun[edit]
сестра • (sestra) f
Declension[edit]
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | сестра sestra |
сестрѣ sestrě |
сестрꙑ sestry |
genitive | сестрꙑ sestry |
сестроу sestru |
сестръ sestrŭ |
dative | сестрѣ sestrě |
сестрама sestrama |
сестрамъ sestramŭ |
accusative | сестрѫ sestrǫ |
сестрѣ sestrě |
сестрꙑ sestry |
instrumental | сестроѭ sestrojǫ |
сестрама sestrama |
сестрами sestrami |
locative | сестрѣ sestrě |
сестроу sestru |
сестрахъ sestraxŭ |
vocative | сестро sestro |
сестрѣ sestrě |
сестрꙑ sestry |
See also[edit]
отьчьство (otĭčĭstvo, “family”) | Male | Female |
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parent родител҄ь (roditelʹĭ) |
отьць (otĭcĭ), авва (avva, “father”) | мати (mati, “mother”) |
sibling | братръ (bratrŭ, “brother”) | сестра (sestra, “sister”) |
child | сꙑнъ (synŭ, “son”) | дъщи (dŭšti, “daughter”) |
grandparent | дѣдъ (dědŭ, “grandfather”) | баба (baba, “grandmother”) |
grandchild | въноукъ (vŭnukŭ, “grandson”) | – (“granddaughter”) |
great-grandparent | прѣдѣдъ (prědědŭ, “great-grandfather”) | – (“great-grandmother”) |
mother's sibling | оуи (ui, “maternal uncle”) | – (“maternal aunt”) |
sibling's child | братанъ (bratanŭ), сꙑновь (synovĭ), сꙑновьць (synovĭcĭ, “nephew”) | братана (bratana, “niece”) |
cousin | братоучѧдъ (bratučędŭ, “male cousin”) | братоучѧда (bratučęda, “female cousin”) |
spouse | мѫжь (mǫžĭ), чрьтожьникъ (črĭtožĭnikŭ), малъженъ (malŭženŭ, “husband”) | жена (žena), чрьтожьница (črĭtožĭnica), съложь (sŭložĭ, “wife”) |
parent of wife | тьсть (tĭstĭ, “father-in-law (wife's father)”) | тьща (tĭšta, “mother-in-law (wife's mother)”) |
parent of husband | свекръ (svekrŭ, “father-in-law (husband's father)”) | свекрꙑ (svekry, “mother-in-law (husband's father)”) |
spouse of child | зѧть (zętĭ, “son-in-law (daughter's husband)”) | снъха (snŭxa, “daughter-in-law (son's wife)”) |
spouse of husband's brother | – | етрꙑ (etry), кѫпетра (kǫpetra, “sister-in-law (husband's brother's wife)”) |
stepchild | пасторъкъ (pastorŭkŭ, “stepson”) | – (“stepdaughter”) |
Old East Slavic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *sestra, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /sɛˈstrɑ/
- (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /sʲɛˈstra/
- (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /sʲɛˈstra/
- Hyphenation: се‧стра
Noun[edit]
сестра (sestra) f
Declension[edit]
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
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Nominative | сестра sestra |
сестрѣ sestrě |
сестрꙑ sestry |
Genitive | сестрꙑ sestry |
сестру sestru |
сестръ sestrŭ |
Dative | сестрѣ sestrě |
сестрама sestrama |
сестрамъ sestramŭ |
Accusative | сестрѫ sestrǫ |
сестрѣ sestrě |
сестрꙑ sestry |
Instrumental | сестроѭ sestrojǫ |
сестрама sestrama |
сестрами sestrami |
Locative | сестрѣ sestrě |
сестру sestru |
сестрахъ sestraxŭ |
Vocative | сестро sestro |
сестрѣ sestrě |
сестрꙑ sestry |
Descendants[edit]
- Belarusian: сястра́ (sjastrá)
- Russian: сестра́ (sestrá)
- Rusyn: сестра́ (sestrá)
- Ukrainian: сестра́ (sestrá)
References[edit]
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912), “сестра”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments][1] (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 340
Russian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old East Slavic сестра (sestra), from Proto-Slavic *sestra, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
сестра́ • (sestrá) f anim (genitive сестры́, nominative plural сёстры, genitive plural сестёр, diminutive сестрёнка or сестри́ца or сестри́чка)
- sister
- родна́я сестра́ ― rodnája sestrá ― sister (sibling)
- двою́родная сестра́ ― dvojúrodnaja sestrá ― cousin, first cousin
- трою́родная сестра́ ― trojúrodnaja sestrá ― second cousin
- единокро́вная сестра́ ― jedinokróvnaja sestrá ― paternal half sister
- единоутро́бная сестра́ ― jedinoutróbnaja sestrá ― maternal half sister
- сво́дная сестра́ ― svódnaja sestrá ― stepsister
- медици́нская сестра́ ― medicínskaja sestrá ― nurse
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
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nominative | сестра́ sestrá |
сёстры sjóstry |
genitive | сестры́ sestrý |
сестёръ△ sestjór△ |
dative | сестрѣ́ sestrě́ |
сёстрамъ sjóstram |
accusative | сестру́ sestrú |
сестёръ△ sestjór△ |
instrumental | сестро́й, сестро́ю sestrój, sestróju |
сёстрами sjóstrami |
prepositional | сестрѣ́ sestrě́ |
сёстрахъ sjóstrax |
△ Irregular.
Related terms[edit]
- се́стрин (séstrin)
- сестри́нский (sestrínskij)
- медсестра́ (medsestrá)
Descendants[edit]
Rusyn[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old East Slavic сестра (sestra), from Proto-Slavic *sestra, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.
Noun[edit]
сестра́ • (sestrá) f
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | ||||||||
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nominative (номінатів) |
сестра (sestra) | сестры (sestrŷ) | |||||||
genitive (ґенітів) |
сестры (sestrŷ) | сестр (sestr) | |||||||
dative (датів) |
сестрї (sestrji) | сестрам (sestram) | |||||||
accusative (акузатів) |
сестру (sestru) | сестры (sestrŷ) | |||||||
instrumental (інштрументал) |
сестров (sestrov) | сестрами (sestramy) | |||||||
locative (локал) |
сестрї (sestrji) | сестрам (sestram) | |||||||
vocative (вокатів) |
сестро (sestro) | - | |||||||
Hard Archetypal Feminine nouns ending in -а. |
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sestra, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
сѐстра f (Latin spelling sèstra)
- sister
- nun, short for часна сестра
- nurse, short for медицинска сестра
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “сестра” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Ukrainian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *sestra, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
сестра́ • (sestrá) f pers (genitive сестри́, nominative plural се́стри, genitive plural се́стер or сесте́р)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
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nominative | сестра́ sestrá |
се́стри séstry |
genitive | сестри́ sestrý |
се́стер, сесте́р séster, sestér |
dative | сестрі́ sestrí |
се́страм séstram |
accusative | сестру́ sestrú |
се́стер, сесте́р séster, sestér |
instrumental | сестро́ю sestróju |
се́страми séstramy |
locative | сестрі́ sestrí |
се́страх séstrax |
vocative | се́стро séstro |
се́стри séstry |
Related terms[edit]
- медична сестра (medyčna sestra)
- двоюрідна сестра (dvojuridna sestra)
References[edit]
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “сестра”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
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