сямёра

Cognates include Ukrainian се́меро (sémero) and Russian се́меро (sémero).

сямёра • (sjamjóra)

1. 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

2. seven of...

   Сямёра з іх

   Sjamjóra z ix

   Seven of them

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.

• (collective numerals) дво́е (dvóje), тро́е (tróje), чацвёра (čacvjóra), пяцёра (pjacjóra), шасцёра (šascjóra), сямёра (sjamjóra), васьмёра (vasʹmjóra), дзявя́цера (dzjavjácjera), дзяся́цера (dzjasjácjera)