sjera

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěra. Cognate with Czech síra (sulfur) and Polish siarka (sulfur).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sjêra/
  • Hyphenation: sje‧ra

Noun

sjȅra f (Cyrillic spelling сје̏ра)

  1. lanolin
  2. (archaic) sulphur

Declension

Declension of sjera
singular plural
nominative sjera -
genitive sjere -
dative sjeri -
accusative sjeru -
vocative sjero -
locative sjeri -
instrumental sjerom -

References

  • Miroslav Nikolić, editor (2011), “сјȅра”, in Речник српскога језика [Rečnik srpskoga jezika, Dictionary of the Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), Измењено и поправљено издање [Revised and Corrected Edition], Novi Sad: Matica srpska, page 1203