Part of speech: noun
Gender: feminine
Stem: -r-
sister (also sweoster, swester, swustor, swustur, swyster, swister)
Etymology
[Mod E SISTER ← Prot-Germ *swester; Goth swistar; O Fris swester, suster, sister; O Sax swestar; Dt zuster; OHG swester (Mod G Schwester); Icel systir ← Indo-Europ *suesor-; Sanskr svásar-; Avest xvaŋhar-; Lat soror; O Ir siur; O Prus swestro; Lith sesuō; O Slav сестра (Russ сестра)]
Paradigm
1.2.2. -r- stem nouns (kinship terms)
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nouns, -r- stem masculine gender
bróðor
(brother) |
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | bróðor | bróðor, bróðru |
| genitive | bróðor | bróðra |
| dative (instrumental) | bréðer | bróðrum |
| accusative | bróðor | bróðor, bróðru |
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nouns, -r- stem feminine gender
sweostor
(sister) |
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | sweostor | sweostor |
| genitive | sweostor | sweostra |
| dative (instrumental) | sweostor | sweostrum |
| accusative | sweostor | sweostor |
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nouns, -r- stem masculine gender
fæder
(father) |
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | fæder | fæderas |
| genitive | fæder, fæderes | fædera |
| dative (instrumental) | fæder, fædere | fæderum |
| accusative | fæder | fæderas |
The nouns of the same type módor (mother) and dohtor (daughter) are declined the same way as the n bróðor, with the exception that in Nom and Acc pl they may also have the ending -a: módra, dohtra.
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