сера

See also: серя, сэря, сэра, cepa, and Appendix:Variations of "sera"

Belarusian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsʲera]
  • Rhymes: -era
  • Hyphenation: се‧ра

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěra.

Noun

се́ра • (sjéraf inan (genitive се́ры, uncountable, relational adjective се́рны)

  1. sulfur, sulphur
  2. (colloquial, medicine, pathology) cerumen, earwax (a yellow fatty substance that forms on the walls of the ear canal)
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

се́ра • (sjéra)

  1. third-person singular present indicative of сраць (sracʹ)

References

  • сера”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • сера” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sьrati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɛˈrɤ]

Verb

сера́ • (será) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (ambitransitive, vulgar) to shit (to empty waste matter from the bowels)

Conjugation

Anagrams

Russian

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěra.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsʲerə]

Noun

се́ра • (séraf inan (genitive се́ры, nominative plural се́ры, genitive plural сер, relational adjective се́рный)

  1. sulphur, sulfur
    • 1763, Михаил Ломоносов [Mikhail Lomonosov], “Глава третья. О жирных минералах.”, in Первые основания металлургии или рудных дел; English translation from (Please provide a date or year):
      Се́ра горю́чая быва́ет обыкнове́нно цве́том желта́ и непрозра́чна, одна́ко в Сиби́ри нахо́дится иногда́ и прозра́чная.
      Séra gorjúčaja byvájet obyknovénno cvétom želtá i neprozráčna, odnáko v Sibíri naxóditsja inogdá i prozráčnaja.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. brimstone
  3. earwax, cerumen
    ушна́я се́раušnája séraearwax
Declension
Derived terms
  • серо- (sero-)
  • се́рнистый (sérnistyj), серноки́слый (sernokíslyj)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sʲɪˈra]

Adjective

сера́ • (será)

  1. short feminine singular of се́рый (séryj)