сямёра

Belarusian

Etymology

Cognates include Ukrainian се́меро (sémero) and Russian се́меро (sémero).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʲaˈmʲora]

Determiner

сямёра • (sjamjóra)

1. seven

   (with pluralia tantum)

   У нас сямёра сане́й

   U nas sjamjóra sanjéj

   We have seven sleds

   (with people)

   У яго́ сямёра дзяце́й

   U jahó sjamjóra dzjacjéj

   He has seven children

2. seven of...

   Сямёра з іх

   Sjamjóra z ix

   Seven of them

Usage notes

Сямёра is used with nouns that only have a plural form (pluralia tantum). It can also be used to denote a number of people. The nominative and accusative cases of a collective numeral govern the genitive plural of the noun, pronoun, or adjective. The other cases agree with that of the noun, pronoun, or adjective.

Declension

Declension of сямёра

		plural
nominative		сямёра sjamjóra
genitive		семяры́х sjemjarýx
dative		семяры́м sjemjarým
accusative	animate	семяры́х sjemjarýx
	inanimate	сямёра sjamjóra
instrumental		семяры́мі sjemjarými
locative		семяры́х sjemjarýx

See also

• (collective numerals) дво́е (dvóje), тро́е (tróje), чацвёра (čacvjóra), пяцёра (pjacjóra), шасцёра (šascjóra), сямёра (sjamjóra), васьмёра (vasʹmjóra), дзявя́цера (dzjavjácjera), дзяся́цера (dzjasjácjera)