Sára

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sara"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsaːra]

Proper noun

Sára f (relational adjective Sářin)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Sarah
2. (biblical) wife of patriarch Abraham, mother of Isaac

Declension

Declension of Sára (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	Sára	Sáry
genitive	Sáry	Sár
dative	Sáře	Sárám
accusative	Sáru	Sáry
vocative	Sáro	Sáry
locative	Sáře	Sárách
instrumental	Sárou	Sárami

Faroese

Etymology

From Hebrew שָׂרָה (Sara, “lady, princess”), which was originally converted from the given name שָׂרָי (saráy, “Sarai”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔɑːɹa/

Proper noun

Sára f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Sarah

Usage notes

Matronymics [1]

• son of Sára: Sáruson
• daughter of Sára: Sárudóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Sára
accusative	Sáru
dative	Sáru
genitive	Sáru

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃaːrɒ]
• Hyphenation: Sá‧ra
• Rhymes: -rɒ

Proper noun

Sára

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Sarah

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Sára	Sárák
accusative	Sárát	Sárákat
dative	Sárának	Sáráknak
instrumental	Sárával	Sárákkal
causal-final	Sáráért	Sárákért
translative	Sárává	Sárákká
terminative	Sáráig	Sárákig
essive-formal	Sáraként	Sárákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Sárában	Sárákban
superessive	Sárán	Sárákon
adessive	Sáránál	Sáráknál
illative	Sárába	Sárákba
sublative	Sárára	Sárákra
allative	Sárához	Sárákhoz
elative	Sárából	Sárákból
delative	Sáráról	Sárákról
ablative	Sárától	Sáráktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	Sáráé	Sáráké
non-attributive possessive – plural	Sáráéi	Sárákéi

Possessive forms of Sára

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Sárám	Sáráim
2nd person sing.	Sárád	Sáráid
3rd person sing.	Sárája	Sárái
1st person plural	Sáránk	Sáráink
2nd person plural	Sárátok	Sáráitok
3rd person plural	Sárájuk	Sáráik

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsaːra]

Etymology 1

From Hebrew שָׂרָה (Sara, “lady, princess”), which was originally converted from the given name שָׂרָי (saráy, “Sarai”).

Proper noun

Sára f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Sarah

Declension

Declension of Sára (pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	Sára	Sáry
genitive	Sáry	Sár
dative	Sáre	Sáram
accusative	Sáru	Sáry
locative	Sáre	Sárach
instrumental	Sárou	Sárami

Etymology 2

From sára.

Proper noun

Sára m pers (female equivalent Sárová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Sára (pattern hrdina)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Sára	Sárovia	Sárovci
genitive	Sáru	Sárov	Sárovcov
dative	Sárovi	Sárom	Sárovcom
accusative	Sáru	Sárov	Sárovcov
locative	Sárovi	Sároch	Sárovcoch
instrumental	Sárom	Sárami	Sárovcami

Further reading

• “Sára”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025