сястра

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Belarusian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic сестра (sestra), from Old Ruthenian сестра́ (sestrá), from Proto-Slavic *sestrà.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [sʲaˈstra]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: сяс‧тра

Noun

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сястра́ (sjastráf pers (genitive сястры́, nominative plural сёстры, genitive plural сясцёр or сёстраў)

  1. sister (each of the daughters in relation to the other children of the same parents)
    Coordinate term: брат (brat)
    • 1988, Мікола Гіль, Кім і Валерыя[1], Мінск: Мастацкая літаратура, →ISBN:
      Ле́ра была́ мне, як малодшая сястра́. Я любі́ла яе́, як сястру́. У нас не было та́йнаў.
      Ljéra bylá mnje, jak malódšaja sjastrá. Ja ljubíla jajé, jak sjastrú. U nas nje byló tájnaŭ.
      Lera was like a younger sister to me. I loved her like a sister. We had no secrets from each other.
  2. (religion) nun

Declension

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Derived terms

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nouns

References

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  • сястра”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • сястра” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org