sestra

See also: sestră

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech sestra, from Proto-Slavic *sestra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *swésō, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛstra]

• Audio:

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Noun

sestra f

1. sister (sibling)

   Synonym: ségra

2. nurse (caring for the sick)

   Synonym: zdravotní sestra

3. nun, sister

   Synonym: jeptiška

Declension

Declension of sestra (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	sestra	sestry
genitive	sestry	sester
dative	sestře	sestrám
accusative	sestru	sestry
vocative	sestro	sestry
locative	sestře	sestrách
instrumental	sestrou	sestrami

Related terms

• sesterský
• sestřenice
• sestřička

 

See also

• bratr

Further reading

• “sestra”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “sestra”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “sestra”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sestra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈsɛstra/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈsɛstra/

Noun

sestra f

1. sister

   strýčená/tetěná/ujčená sestra ― cousin

Declension

Declension of sestra (hard a-stem reducible)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	sestra	sestřě	sestry
genitive	sestry	sestrú	sester
dative	sestřě	sestrama	sestrám
accusative	sestru	sestřě	sestry
vocative	sestro	sestřě	sestry
locative	sestřě	sestrú	sestrách
instrumental	sestrú	sestrama	sestrami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Derived terms

• sestřěnicě

 

Descendants

• Czech: sestra

References

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “sestra”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sẽestra, from Latin Latin sinistra.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛs.tɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛs.tɾɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛʃ.tɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛs.tɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛʃ.tɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: ses‧tra

Noun

sestra f (plural sestras)

1. the left hand or foot

   Synonyms: mão esquerda, canhota

   Antonyms: destra, direita, mão direita

2. female equivalent of sestro

Adjective

sestra

1. feminine singular of sestro

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sestra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *swésō, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sěstra/
• Hyphenation: ses‧tra

Noun

sèstra f (Cyrillic spelling сѐстра)

1. sister
2. nun, short for časna sestra
3. nurse, short for medicinska sestra

Declension

Declension of sestra

	singular	plural
nominative	sèstra	sèstre
genitive	sèstrē	sestárā
dative	sèstri	sèstrama
accusative	sèstru	sèstre
vocative	sȅstro	sȅstre
locative	sèstri	sèstrama
instrumental	sèstrōm	sèstrama

Derived terms

adjectives

• sèstrīn
• sèstrīnskī

 

nouns

• sèstrica
• sȅstrična
• sȅstrić
• sèstrīnstvo

 

Further reading

• “sestra”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sestra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsestra]

Noun

sestra f (genitive singular sestry, nominative plural sestry, genitive plural sestier, sestár, declension pattern of žena)

1. sister
2. nun
3. nurse

Declension

Declension of sestra

	singular	plural
nominative	sestra	sestry
genitive	sestry	sestier, sestár
dative	sestre	sestrám
accusative	sestru	sestry
locative	sestre	sestrách
instrumental	sestrou	sestrami

Derived terms

• sesterský
• sestersky
• sesterstvo n
• sestrička f
• sestrin

Further reading

• “sestra”, 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, 2003–2024

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sestra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *swésō, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̀ːstra/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

séstra f

1. sister

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	sêstra
gen. sing.	sêstre
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	sêstra	sêstri	sêstre
genitive (rodȋlnik)	sêstre	sêster	sêster
dative (dajȃlnik)	sêstri	sêstrama	sêstram
accusative (tožȋlnik)	sêstro	sêstri	sêstre
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	sêstri	sêstrah	sêstrah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	sêstro	sêstrama	sêstrami

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing.	sêstra
gen. sing.	sestré
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	sêstra	sestré	sestré
genitive (rodȋlnik)	sestré	sestrá	sestrá
dative (dajȃlnik)	sêstri	sestráma	sestràm
accusative (tožȋlnik)	sestró	sestré	sestré
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	sêstri	sestràh	sestràh
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	sestró	sestráma	sestrámi

Further reading

• “sestra”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “sestra”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references