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Ukrainian
Etymology
Deverbal from посе́стритися (poséstrytysja), equivalent to по́- (pó-) + се́стра (séstra). Compare побрата́тися (pobratátysja) and побрати́м (pobratým).
Pronunciation
Noun
посе́стра or по́сестра • (poséstra or pósestra) f pers (genitive посе́стри or по́сестри, nominative plural посе́стри or по́сестри, genitive plural посе́стер or по́сестер, masculine побрати́м)
- blood sister (An unrelated female considered to share a strong relationship.)
Declension
Declension of посе́стра, по́сестра (pers hard fem-form accent-a reduc)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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посе́стра, по́сестра poséstra, pósestra
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посе́стри, по́сестри poséstry, pósestry
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genitive
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посе́стри, по́сестри poséstry, pósestry
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посе́стер, по́сестер poséster, pósester
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dative
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посе́стрі, по́сестрі poséstri, pósestri
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посе́страм, по́сестрам poséstram, pósestram
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accusative
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посе́стру, по́сестру poséstru, pósestru
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посе́стер, по́сестер poséster, pósester
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instrumental
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посе́строю, по́сестрою poséstroju, pósestroju
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посе́страми, по́сестрами poséstramy, pósestramy
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locative
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посе́стрі, по́сестрі poséstri, pósestri
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посе́страх, по́сестрах poséstrax, pósestrax
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vocative
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посе́стро, по́сестро poséstro, pósestro
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посе́стри, по́сестри poséstry, pósestry
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References
- Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “посе́стра”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “по́се́стра”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “по́се́стра”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)