sestra

Inherited from Old Czech sestra, from Proto-Slavic *sestra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *swésō, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛstra]

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sestra f

1. sister (sibling)

   Synonym: ségra

2. nurse (caring for the sick)

   Synonym: zdravotní sestra

3. nun, sister

   Synonym: jeptiška

• bratr

• “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)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sestra.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈsɛstra/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈsɛstra/

sestra f

1. sister

   strýčená/tetěná/ujčená sestra ― cousin

• Czech: sestra

• 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

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sẽestra, from Latin Latin sinistra.

• Hyphenation: ses‧tra

sestra f (plural sestras)

1. the left hand or foot

   Synonyms: mão esquerda, canhota

   Antonyms: destra, direita, mão direita

2. female equivalent of sestro

sestra

1. feminine singular of sestro

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

• IPA^(key): /sěstra/
• Hyphenation: ses‧tra

sèstra f (Cyrillic spelling сѐстра)

1. sister
2. nun, short for časna sestra
3. nurse, short for medicinska sestra

• “sestra”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sestra.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsestra]

sestra f (genitive singular sestry, nominative plural sestry, genitive plural sestier, sestár, declension pattern of žena)

1. sister
2. nun
3. nurse

• sesterský
• sestersky
• sesterstvo n
• sestrička f
• sestrin

• “sestra”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

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

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̀ːstra/

• Audio:

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séstra f

1. sister

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

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

• “sestra”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “sestra”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references