Bulgarian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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

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  • 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

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Etymology

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

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сестра́ (sestráf

  1. sister

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Macedonian

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Etymology

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

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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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Declension of сестра
singular plural
indefinite сестра (sestra) сестри (sestri)
definite unspecified сестрата (sestrata) сестрите (sestrite)
definite proximal сестрава (sestrava) сестриве (sestrive)
definite distal сестрана (sestrana) сестрине (sestrine)
vocative сестро (sestro) сестри (sestri)

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Old Church Slavonic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Noun

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сестра (sestraf

  1. sister

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Old East Slavic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

  • Hyphenation: се‧стра

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сестра (sestraf

  1. sister

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Descendants

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

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  • 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), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 340

Russian

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Etymology

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PIE word
*swé

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

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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
  2. (medicine) nurse
    медици́нская сестра́medicínskaja sestránurse
    (dated) сестра́ милосе́рдияsestrá milosérdijanurse
    • 1855, Николай Пирогов [Nikolay Pirogov], chapter II, in Из отчётов о действиях сестёр; English translation from (Please provide a date or year):
      Бо́мбы и раке́ты ча́сто попада́ли вблизи́ э́того зда́ния, ра́вно как и в жили́ща враче́й и сестё́р; несмотря́ на то, все гото́вы, без стра́ха и боя́зни, так же хладнокро́вно и рассуди́тельно, как досе́ле, подава́ть по́мощь стра́ждущим.
      Bómby i rakéty částo popadáli vblizí étovo zdánija, rávno kak i v žilíšča vračéj i sestjór; nesmotrjá na to, vse gotóvy, bez stráxa i bojázni, tak že xladnokróvno i rassudítelʹno, kak doséle, podavátʹ pómoščʹ strážduščim.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1993, Агата Кристи [Agatha Christie] (lyrics and music), “Новый год [Novyj god]”, in Позорная звезда:
      По леса́м бро́дят санита́ры, они́ нас бу́дут подбира́ть.
      Эй, сестра́, лезь ко мне на на́ры, и бу́дем воева́ть.
      Po lesám bródjat sanitáry, oní nas búdut podbirátʹ.
      Ej, sestrá, lezʹ ko mne na náry, i búdem vojevátʹ.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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

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

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сѐстра f (Latin spelling sèstra)

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

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Further reading

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

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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

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

  1. sister
  2. (colloquial) nurse

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