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сестра

сестра

Bulgarian

Noun

сестра (sestrá) f

  1. sister (a female sibling)
  2. sister, nun (a female member of a religious community)

Inflection

Synonyms

  • (female member of a religious community): калугерка (kalugerka)

Related terms

  • медицинска сестра (medicinska sestra)
  • старша сестра (starša sestra)
  • хирургическа сестра (hirurgičeska sestra)

Macedonian

Etymology

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

Noun

сестра (sestra) f

  1. sister

Inflection


Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

сестра (sestra) f

  1. sister

Declension


Russian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sʲɪˈstra]

Noun

сестра́ (sestrá) f anim (genitive сестры́, nominative plural сёстры, genitive plural сестёр)

  1. sister
    сво́дная сестра́svódnaja sestrástepsister
    двою́родная сестра́dvojúrodnaja sestrácousin, first cousin
    трою́родная сестра́trojúrodnaja sestrásecond cousin
    родна́я сестра́rodnája sestrá ― sister (sibling)
    медици́нская сестра́medicínskaja sestránurse

Declension

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Rusyn

Etymology

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

Noun

сестра́ (sestrá) f

  1. sister

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

сѐстра f (Latin spelling sèstra)

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

Declension

Derived terms


Ukrainian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [seˈstrɑ]

Noun

сестра́ (sestrá) f anim (genitive сестри́, nominative plural се́стри)

  1. sister
  2. (colloquial) nurse

Declension

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