Estera
Polish
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Learned borrowing from Latin Esthēr, from Ancient Greek Ἐσθήρ (Esthḗr), from Biblical Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר (ʾestēr).
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editEstera f (diminutive Esterka)
- (biblical) Esther (Jewish woman, the heroine of the Old Testament Book of Esther)
- Księga Estery ― The Book of Esther
- 1632, 1840 edition, anonymous author, chapter 4, in Księgi Estery (Biblia gdańska)[1], Gdańsk, page 551; translation of Esther, מגילת אֶסְתֵּר, (Please provide a date or year):
- Przetoż przyszedłszy panny Estery, i Komornicy iéy, oznaymili iéy to […]
- Therefore, when Esther's maids and her Bailiffs came, they informed her of this […]
- 1930, Stanisław Piekarski, “Haman”, in Prawdy i herezje. Encyklopedja wierzeń wszystkich ludów i czasów, Warszawa: M. Arct, page 153:
- zdemaskowany przez Esterę popadł w niełaskę i został powieszony […]
- unmasked by Esther, he fell into disgrace and was hanged […]
- (biblical) A book of the Old Testament of Bible.
- Synonym: Księga Estery
- Przeczytasz fragment z „Estery”, a on z „Habakuka”. ― Read a passage from “Esther,” and he will read from “Habakkuk.”
- (countable, rare) a female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], of biblical origin, equivalent to English Esther
- Miała na imię Estera i chodziła z nami do synagogi. ― Her name was Esther and she went to synagogue with us.
- 1830, Ignacy Krasicki, Listy o Ogrodach. List VIII (Dzieła Krasickiego dziesięć tomów w jednym), Paryż: U Barbezata, page 453:
- i jak wieść niesie, Esterę pochować w ogrodzie pod wzniosłą mogiłą kazał. […]
- and as the story goes, he ordered Esther to be buried in the garden under a lofty grave. […]
- 1871, anonymous author, Tajemnice stolicy świata, Warszawa: Księgarnia Jana Breslauera, page 262; translation of George Füllborn, Die Geheimnisse einer Weltstadt oder Sünderin und Büßerin, 1871:
- idzie czarna łotrzyca, dzika Estera […]
- here comes the black villain, wild Esther […]
- 1900, anonymous author, Dwie sieroty, Warszawa: J. Terpiński, page 162; translation of Xavier de Montépin, Le Fiacre Nº 13, 1880:
- Widziała, jak Zygmunt czule żegnał Esterę, jak całował swojego syna […]
- She saw how Zygmunt tenderly said goodbye to Esther and how he kissed his son […]
- 1901, Józef Symeon Bogucki, Klementyna, Warszawa: redakcja "Kurjera Polskiego", page 3:
- Żaneta wprowadziła Esterę do gabinetu […]
- Żaneta led Esther into the office […]
- 1901, Antoni Marian Stefański, Ben-Hur, Mikołów: Spółka Wydawnicza K. Miarki, page 151; translation of Lew Wallace, Ben Hur, a Tale of the Christ, 1880:
- Usiądź więc, proszę; a ty, Estero, podaj gościowi czarę wina. […]
- So please sit down; and you, Esther, bring the guest a cup of wine. […]
- 1930, Józef Birkenmajer, Przebudzenie. Do wynajęcia (Saga rodu Forsytów), Warszawa: Towarzystwo Wydawnicze „Rój“, page 87; translation of John Galsworthy, To Let (The Forsyte Saga), 1921:
- Oj, podobałoby się to pewnikiem pannie Forsyte, pani Julji i pannie Esterze, gdyby widziały […]
- Oh, Miss Forsyte, Miss Julia, and Miss Esther would certainly like it if they saw it […]
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editProper noun
editEstera f
- a female given name
Declension
edit| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Estera | Estery |
| genitive | Estery | Estier |
| dative | Estere | Esterám |
| accusative | Esteru | Estery |
| locative | Estere | Esterách |
| instrumental | Esterou | Esterami |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “Estera”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026
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