сястра
Appearance
Belarusian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old East Slavic сестра (sestra), from Old Ruthenian сестра́ (sestrá), from Proto-Slavic *sestrà.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]сястра́ • (sjastrá) f pers (genitive сястры́, nominative plural сёстры, genitive plural сясцёр or сёстраў)
- 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.
- (religion) nun
Declension
[edit]Declension of сястра́ (pr hard fem-form accent-d а-о mixed-reduc)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | сястра́ sjastrá |
сёстры sjóstry |
genitive | сястры́ sjastrý |
сясцёр, сёстраў sjascjór, sjóstraŭ |
dative | сястры́ sjastrý |
сёстрам sjóstram |
accusative | сястру́ sjastrú |
сясцёр, сёстраў sjascjór, sjóstraŭ |
instrumental | сястро́й, сястро́ю sjastrój, sjastróju |
сёстрамі sjóstrami |
locative | сястры́ sjastrý |
сёстрах sjóstrax |
count form | — | сястры́1 sjastrý1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Derived terms
[edit](nouns):
- стрые́чная сястра́ f pers (stryjéčnaja sjastrá)
References
[edit]- “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
Categories:
- Belarusian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Belarusian terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Belarusian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Belarusian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Belarusian terms inherited from Old East Slavic
- Belarusian terms derived from Old East Slavic
- Belarusian terms inherited from Old Ruthenian
- Belarusian terms derived from Old Ruthenian
- Belarusian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Belarusian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
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