сестра

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Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [sɛˈstra]
  • (file)
  • Syllabification(key): се‧стра
  • Hyphenation(key): сес‧тра

Noun edit

сестра́ (sestráf (relational adjective се́стрин, diminutive сестри́ца or сестри́чка)

  1. sister (a female sibling)
  2. sister, nun (a female member of a religious community)
    Synonym: калу̀герка (kalùgerka)
  3. (with медици́нска (medicínska)) a nurse

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References edit

  • сестра”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • сестра”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Carpathian Rusyn edit

Etymology edit

From Old East Slavic сестра (sestra), from Proto-Slavic *sestra, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Noun edit

сестра́ (sestráf

  1. sister

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Macedonian edit

Etymology edit

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

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Noun edit

сестра (sestraf (masculine брат, relational adjective сестрин or сестрински, diminutive сестричка or сестриче or сестрица, augmentative сестриште)

  1. sister
  2. (colloquial) Used to designate someone resembling the person in question, especially in character (hyperbolically suggesting that she could therefore be that person's sister).
  3. Ellipsis of медицинска сестра (medicinska sestra, nurse).
  4. (Christianity) nun
    Synonyms: калуѓерка (kaluǵerka), монахиња (monahinja)

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Old Church Slavonic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

сестра (sestraf

  1. sister

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Old East Slavic edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /sɛˈstrɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /sʲɛˈstra/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /sʲɛˈstra/
  • Hyphenation: се‧стра

Noun edit

сестра (sestraf

  1. sister

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Descendants edit

  • Belarusian: сястра́ (sjastrá)
  • Russian: сестра́ (sestrá)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: сестра́ (sestrá)
  • Ukrainian: сестра́ (sestrá)

References edit

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “сестра”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volumes 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 340

Russian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic сестра (sestra), from Proto-Slavic *sestra, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

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Noun edit

сестра́ (sestráf anim (genitive сестры́, nominative plural сёстры, genitive plural сестёр, diminutive сестрёнка or сестри́ца or сестри́чка)

  1. sister
    родна́я сестра́rodnája sestrásister (sibling)
    двою́родная сестра́dvojúrodnaja sestrácousin, first cousin
    трою́родная сестра́trojúrodnaja sestrásecond cousin
    единокро́вная сестра́jedinokróvnaja sestrápaternal half sister
    единоутро́бная сестра́jedinoutróbnaja sestrámaternal half sister
    сво́дная сестра́svódnaja sestrástepsister
    медици́нская сестра́medicínskaja sestránurse

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Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sěstra/
  • Hyphenation: сес‧тра

Noun edit

сѐстра f (Latin spelling sèstra)

  1. sister
  2. nun, short for часна сестра
  3. nurse, short for медицинска сестра

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Ukrainian edit

 
Ukrainian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

сестра́ (sestráf pers (genitive сестри́, nominative plural се́стри, genitive plural се́стер or сесте́р)

  1. sister
  2. (colloquial) nurse

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