сямёра
Belarusian
Etymology
Cognates include Ukrainian се́меро (sémero) and Russian се́меро (sémero).
Determiner
сямёра • (sjamjóra)
- seven
- (with pluralia tantum) У нас сямёра сане́й
- U nas sjamjóra sanjéj
- We have seven sleds
- (with people) У яго́ сямёра дзяце́й
- U jahó sjamjóra dzjacjéj
- He has seven children
- (with pluralia tantum)
- seven of...
- Сямёра з іх
- Sjamjóra z ix
- Seven of them
Usage notes
Сямёра is used with nouns that only have a plural form (pluralia tantum). It can also be used to denote a number of people. The nominative and accusative cases of a collective numeral govern the genitive plural of the noun, pronoun, or adjective. The other cases agree with that of the noun, pronoun, or adjective.
Declension
Declension of сямёра
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative (назоўны) | сямёра sjamjóra |
| genitive (родны) | семяры́х sjemjarýx |
| dative (давальны) | семяры́м sjemjarým |
| accusative (вінавальны) | сямёра, семяры́х sjamjóra, sjemjarýx |
| instrumental (творны) | семяры́мі sjemjarými |
| locative (месны) | семяры́х sjemjarýx |
See also
- (collective numerals) дво́е (dvóje), тро́е (tróje), чацвёра (čacvjóra), пяцёра (pjacjóra), шасцёра (šascjóra), сямёра (sjamjóra), васьмёра (vasʹmjóra), дзявя́цера (dzjavjácjera), дзяся́цера (dzjasjácjera)