сястра

Inherited from Old Ruthenian сестра́ (sestrá), from Old East Slavic сестра (sestra), from Proto-Slavic *sestrà.

• IPA^(key): [sʲaˈstra]

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• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: сяс‧тра

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

1. sister (each of the daughters in relation to the other children of the same parents)

   Coordinate term: брат (brat)

   • 1988, Мікола Гіль, Кім і Валерыя‎^[1], Мінск: Мастацкая літаратура, →ISBN:

     Ле́ра была́ мне, як малодшая сястра́. Я любі́ла яе́, як сястру́. У нас не было та́йнаў.

     Ljéra bylá mnje, jak malódšaja sjastrá. Ja ljubíla jajé, jak sjastrú. U nas nje byló tájnaŭ.

     Lera was like a younger sister to me. I loved her like a sister. We had no secrets from each other.

2. (religion) nun

• “сястра”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “сястра” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org