sirota

See also: Sirota and ŝirota

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech sirota, from Proto-Slavic *sirota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɪrota]

Noun

sirota f

1. (archaic) orphanhood (state of being an orphan)

   Synonyms: siroba, osiřelost

2. (archaic, poetic) orphan (someone whose parents have died)

   Synonym: sirotek

Declension

Declension of sirota (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	sirota	siroty
genitive	siroty	sirot
dative	sirotě	sirotám
accusative	sirotu	siroty
vocative	siroto	siroty
locative	sirotě	sirotách
instrumental	sirotou	sirotami

Related terms

• sirý

 

Further reading

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

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsirotɑˣ/, [ˈs̠iro̞t̪ɑ̝(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -irotɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): si‧ro‧ta

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic [Term?], from Proto-Finno-Permic *sira-. Related to Estonian sirama, Ingrian siredä and Erzya срадомс (sradoms).

Verb

sirota

1. (intransitive, physics) to scatter

Conjugation

Inflection of sirota (Kotus type 74/katketa, no gradation)
indicative mood
present tense				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		siroan	en siroa	1st sing.	olen sironnut	en ole sironnut
2nd sing.		siroat	et siroa	2nd sing.	olet sironnut	et ole sironnut
3rd sing.		siroaa	ei siroa	3rd sing.	on sironnut	ei ole sironnut
1st plur.		siroamme	emme siroa	1st plur.	olemme sironneet	emme ole sironneet
2nd plur.		siroatte	ette siroa	2nd plur.	olette sironneet	ette ole sironneet
3rd plur.		siroavat	eivät siroa	3rd plur.	ovat sironneet	eivät ole sironneet
passive		sirotaan	ei sirota	passive	on sirottu	ei ole sirottu
past tense				pluperfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		sirosin	en sironnut	1st sing.	olin sironnut	en ollut sironnut
2nd sing.		sirosit	et sironnut	2nd sing.	olit sironnut	et ollut sironnut
3rd sing.		sirosi	ei sironnut	3rd sing.	oli sironnut	ei ollut sironnut
1st plur.		sirosimme	emme sironneet	1st plur.	olimme sironneet	emme olleet sironneet
2nd plur.		sirositte	ette sironneet	2nd plur.	olitte sironneet	ette olleet sironneet
3rd plur.		sirosivat	eivät sironneet	3rd plur.	olivat sironneet	eivät olleet sironneet
passive		sirottiin	ei sirottu	passive	oli sirottu	ei ollut sirottu
conditional mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		siroaisin siroisin	en siroaisi en siroisi	1st sing.	olisin sironnut	en olisi sironnut
2nd sing.		siroaisit siroisit	et siroaisi et siroisi	2nd sing.	olisit sironnut	et olisi sironnut
3rd sing.		siroaisi siroisi	ei siroaisi ei siroisi	3rd sing.	olisi sironnut	ei olisi sironnut
1st plur.		siroaisimme siroisimme	emme siroaisi emme siroisi	1st plur.	olisimme sironneet	emme olisi sironneet
2nd plur.		siroaisitte siroisitte	ette siroaisi ette siroisi	2nd plur.	olisitte sironneet	ette olisi sironneet
3rd plur.		siroaisivat siroisivat	eivät siroaisi eivät siroisi	3rd plur.	olisivat sironneet	eivät olisi sironneet
passive		sirottaisiin	ei sirottaisi	passive	olisi sirottu	ei olisi sirottu
imperative mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		—	—	1st sing.	—	—
2nd sing.		siroa	älä siroa	2nd sing.	—	—
3rd sing.		sirotkoon	älköön sirotko	3rd sing.	olkoon sironnut	älköön olko sironnut
1st plur.		sirotkaamme	älkäämme sirotko	1st plur.	—	—
2nd plur.		sirotkaa	älkää sirotko	2nd plur.	—	—
3rd plur.		sirotkoot	älkööt sirotko	3rd plur.	olkoot sironneet	älkööt olko sironneet
passive		sirottakoon	älköön sirottako	passive	olkoon sirottu	älköön olko sirottu
potential mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		sironnen	en sironne	1st sing.	lienen sironnut	en liene sironnut
2nd sing.		sironnet	et sironne	2nd sing.	lienet sironnut	et liene sironnut
3rd sing.		sironnee	ei sironne	3rd sing.	lienee sironnut	ei liene sironnut
1st plur.		sironnemme	emme sironne	1st plur.	lienemme sironneet	emme liene sironneet
2nd plur.		sironnette	ette sironne	2nd plur.	lienette sironneet	ette liene sironneet
3rd plur.		sironnevat	eivät sironne	3rd plur.	lienevät sironneet	eivät liene sironneet
passive		sirottaneen	ei sirottane	passive	lienee sirottu	ei liene sirottu
Nominal forms
infinitives				participles
		active	passive		active	passive
1st		sirota		present	siroava	sirottava
long 1st1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st sirotakseni sirotaksemme 2nd sirotaksesi sirotaksenne 3rd sirotakseen sirotaksensa		past	sironnut	sirottu
2nd	inessive2	sirotessa	sirottaessa	agent4	siroama
		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st sirotessani sirotessamme 2nd sirotessasi sirotessanne 3rd sirotessaan sirotessansa		negative	siroamaton
	instructive	siroten	—	1) Used only with a possessive suffix. 2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only). 3) Some uses of the verbal noun are called the 'fourth infinitive' by certain sources (more details). 4) Usually with a possessive suffix. May not be used with all verbs, especially intransitive ones (more details). Distinct from nouns with the -ma suffix and third infinitive forms.
3rd	inessive	siroamassa	—
	elative	siroamasta	—
	illative	siroamaan	—
	adessive	siroamalla	—
	abessive	siroamatta	—
	instructive	siroaman	sirottaman
4th3	verbal noun	siroaminen
5th1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st siroamaisillani siroamaisillamme 2nd siroamaisillasi siroamaisillanne 3rd siroamaisillaan siroamaisillansa

Derived terms

• sironta
• sirottaa

 

compounds

• takaisinsirota

 

Further reading

• “sirota”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

Verb

sirota

1. inflection of sirottaa:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams

• orasti, orista, ostari

French

Verb

sirota

1. third-person singular past historic of siroter

Anagrams

• rotais

Polish

Alternative forms

• sierota

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sirota, from *sirъ + *-ota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕiˈrɔ.ta/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔta
• Syllabification: si‧ro‧ta

Noun

sirota f

1. (archaic or dialectal) an orphan

Declension

Declension of sirota

	singular	plural
nominative	sirota	siroty
genitive	siroty	sirot/sirót
dative	sirocie	sirotom
accusative	sirotę	siroty
instrumental	sirotą	sirotami
locative	sirocie	sirotach
vocative	siroto	siroty

Further reading

• sirota in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sirota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sirǒta/
• Hyphenation: si‧ro‧ta

Noun

siròta f (Cyrillic spelling сиро̀та)

1. orphan
2. an unfortunate

Declension

Declension of sirota

	singular	plural
nominative	sirota	sirote
genitive	sirote	sirota
dative	siroti	sirotama
accusative	sirotu	sirote
vocative	siroto	sirote
locative	siroti	sirotama
instrumental	sirotom	sirotama

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

sirota

1. inflection of sirot:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
   3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
   4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sirota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsirɔta]

Noun

sirota f (related adjective sirotský, diminutive sirôtočka or sirôtenka or sirotienka or sirôtka)

1. orphan (someone whose parents have died)

Declension

Declension of sirota (pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	sirota	siroty
genitive	siroty	sirôt
dative	sirote	sirotám
accusative	sirotu	siroty
locative	sirote	sirotách
instrumental	sirotou	sirotami

Further reading

• “sirota”, 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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sirota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siróːta/

Noun

sirọ̑ta f

1. orphan (someone whose parents have died)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “sirota”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024