sestra
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This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
See also: sestră
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech sestra, from Proto-Slavic *sestra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *swésō, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.
Pronunciation
Noun
sestra f
- sister (sibling)
- Synonym: ségra
- nurse (caring for the sick)
- Synonym: zdravotní sestra
- nun, sister
- Synonym: jeptiška
Declension
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “sestra”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “sestra”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “sestra”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Old Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sestra.
Pronunciation
Noun
sestra f
- sister
- strýčená/tetěná/ujčená sestra ― cousin
Declension
Declension of sestra (hard a-stem reducible)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sestra | sestřě | sestry |
| genitive | sestry | sestrú | sester |
| dative | sestřě | sestrama | sestrám |
| accusative | sestru | sestřě | sestry |
| vocative | sestro | sestřě | sestry |
| locative | sestřě | sestrú | sestrách |
| instrumental | sestrú | sestrama | sestrami |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Czech: sestra
References
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “sestra”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sẽestra, from Latin Latin sinistra.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ses‧tra
Noun
sestra f (plural sestras)
Adjective
sestra
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sestra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *swésō, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.
Pronunciation
Noun
sèstra f (Cyrillic spelling сѐстра)
- sister
- nun, short for časna sestra
- nurse, short for medicinska sestra
Declension
Declension of sestra
Derived terms
(adjectives):
(nouns):
Further reading
- “sestra”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sestra.
Pronunciation
Noun
sestra f (genitive singular sestry, nominative plural sestry, genitive plural sestier, sestár, declension pattern of žena)
Declension
Declension of sestra
Derived terms
Further reading
- “sestra”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
Slovene
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sestra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *swésō, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.
Pronunciation
Noun
séstra f
Inflection
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | sêstra | ||
| gen. sing. | sêstre | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
sêstra | sêstri | sêstre |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
sêstre | sêster | sêster |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
sêstri | sêstrama | sêstram |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
sêstro | sêstri | sêstre |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
sêstri | sêstrah | sêstrah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
sêstro | sêstrama | sêstrami |
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Feminine, a-stem, long mixed accent | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | sêstra | ||
| gen. sing. | sestré | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
sêstra | sestré | sestré |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
sestré | sestrá | sestrá |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
sêstri | sestráma | sestràm |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
sestró | sestré | sestré |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
sêstri | sestràh | sestràh |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
sestró | sestráma | sestrámi |
Further reading
- “sestra”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “sestra”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references