сястра

Belarusian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sʲaˈstra]
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Noun

сястра́ (sjastrá) f pers (genitive сястры́, nominative plural сёстры, genitive plural сясцёр or сёстраў, masculine брат)

  1. sister
    • 1986-1987?, Мікола Гіль, Кім і Валерыя:
      Лера была мне, як малодшая сястра. Я любіла яе, як сястру. У нас не было тайнаў.
      Ljera byla mnje, jak malódšaja sjastra. Ja ljubila jaje, jak sjastru. U nas nje byló tajnaŭ.
      Lera was like a younger sister to me. I loved her like a sister. We had no secrets from each other.

Declension

References

  • сястра” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
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