сякера

Belarusian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish siekiera (with i → e before r), from Proto-Slavic *sekyra. Without foreign influence, the word would have been *сякі́ра (*sjakíra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʲaˈkʲera]

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Noun

сяке́ра • (sjakjéra) f inan (genitive сяке́ры, nominative plural сяке́ры, genitive plural сяке́р)

1. axe

Declension

Declension of сяке́ра (inan hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	сяке́ра sjakjéra	сяке́ры sjakjéry
genitive	сяке́ры sjakjéry	сяке́р sjakjér
dative	сяке́ры sjakjéry	сяке́рам sjakjéram
accusative	сяке́ру sjakjéru	сяке́ры sjakjéry
instrumental	сяке́рай, сяке́раю sjakjéraj, sjakjéraju	сяке́рамі sjakjérami
locative	сяке́ры sjakjéry	сяке́рах sjakjérax
count form	—	сяке́ры1 sjakjéry1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

See also

• тапо́р (tapór)

Further reading

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