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Top 500noun, feminine

сестра́

[sʲɪˈstra]sister

Frequency rank #342 About 1 in every 3,300 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
сестра #342

Meaning

  1. sister
  2. nurse

Examples

родна́я сестра́

sister (sibling)

двою́родная сестра́

cousin, first cousin

Related

Forms by frequency

  • сестра́nominative, singular#622
  • сёстрыnominative, plural#1,893
  • сестру́accusative, singular#2,331
  • сестро́йinstrumental, singular#2,895
  • сестре́dative, singular#3,586
  • сестёрgenitive, plural#10,538
  • сёстрамиinstrumental, plural#24,211
  • сёстрамdative, plural#36,797
  • сестро́юinstrumental, singular
  • сёстрахprepositional, plural

Cases

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeсестра́сёстры
Genitiveсестры́сестёр
Dativeсестре́сёстрам
Accusativeсестру́сестёр
Instrumentalсестро́йсёстрами
Prepositionalсестре́сёстрах

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