sõsar
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Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *sësar, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *swésō, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Compare Lithuanian sesers [sesuo] (“sister”). Cognates include Finnish sisar, Livonian sõzār, Votic sõzar, Ingrian siar, Livvi sizär, Ludian and Veps sizar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sõsar (genitive sõsara, partitive sõsarat)
- (literary, uncommon) sister
- 1923, Jaan Kärner, chapter 1, in Bianka ja Ruth (romantic verse), Tartu: Noor-Eesti, →ISBN, page 8:
- Me rännand kõrvu ainult selleks, / et olla sõsaraks ning velleks / neil’, kellel vaevat ihu, hing.
- We have wandered side by side / only to be sister and brother / to those who have a troubled body, a troubled soul.
- (figuratively, attributively only in compounds) sister (something similar, close, of the same kind)
Declension
[edit]Declension of sõsar (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | sõsar | sõsarad | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | sõsara | ||
genitive | sõsarate | ||
partitive | sõsarat | sõsaraid | |
illative | sõsarasse | sõsaratesse sõsaraisse | |
inessive | sõsaras | sõsarates sõsarais | |
elative | sõsarast | sõsaratest sõsaraist | |
allative | sõsarale | sõsaratele sõsaraile | |
adessive | sõsaral | sõsaratel sõsarail | |
ablative | sõsaralt | sõsaratelt sõsarailt | |
translative | sõsaraks | sõsarateks sõsaraiks | |
terminative | sõsarani | sõsarateni | |
essive | sõsarana | sõsaratena | |
abessive | sõsarata | sõsarateta | |
comitative | sõsaraga | sõsaratega |
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