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# старша — Ukrainian to English

How Ukrainian *старша* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations with example sentences.

The Elamur Dictionary has no Ukrainian section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: старша (90). By style: everyday 83 · biblical 7.

## older

Used about 69 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 69). Forms: older, oldest. Meaning: [older in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/older/).

- Я **старша**, ніж ти.
  I'm **older** than you.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and marcelostockle · checked, community translation · [\#1950216](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1950216) [\#8073157](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8073157))

- Я **старша**, ніж ти.
  I am **older** than you.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3041542](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3041542) [\#8073157](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8073157))

- Ти **старша** від Тома.
  You're **older** than Tom.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and maydoo · checked, community translation · [\#3481971](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3481971) [\#6398534](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6398534))

- Мама **старша** за тата.
  Mom is **older** than Dad.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and adjusting · checked, community translation · [\#482368](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/482368) [\#5813948](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5813948))

- Вона **старша** від нього.
  She's **older** than him.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#887619](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/887619) [\#6905125](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6905125))

## twice

Used about 9 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9). Meaning: [twice in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/twice/).

- Я вдвічі **старша** від тебе.
  I'm **twice** your age.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#252791](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/252791) [\#6639640](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6639640))

- Ти вдвічі **старша**, ніж Том.
  You're **twice** as old as Tom.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5938554](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5938554) [\#8682245](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8682245))

- Ти вдвічі **старша** від Тома.
  You're **twice** as old as Tom.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5938554](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5938554) [\#8682243](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8682243))

- Ти вдвічі **старша** від мене.
  You're **twice** as old as I am.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5938115](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5938115) [\#6081378](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6081378))

- Мати Тома вдвічі **старша** від нього. Якщо до її віку додати його вік, отримаємо п'ятдесят один. Скільки років Тому та його матері?
  Tom's mother is **twice** as old as him. When his age is added to hers, the total is fifty-one. How old are Tom and his mother?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#7977028](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7977028) [\#7977038](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7977038))

## firstborn

Used about 4 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 4). Meaning: [firstborn in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/firstborn/).

- І вродила **старша** сина, і дала імя йому Моав. Се праотець Моавіїв по сей день.
  The **firstborn** bore a son, and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites to this day.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 19:37)

- Упоїли ж отця свого вином тієї ночі, і ввійшовши **старша**, переспала з отцем своїм тієї ночі. І не постеріг він, як вона переспала, і як устала.
  They made their father drink wine that night: and the **firstborn** went in, and lay with her father. He didn’t know when she lay down, nor when she arose.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 19:33)

- Озветься ж **старша** до меньшої: Панотець наш старий собі, і нема нїкого на землї, щоб увійшов до нас всьогосьвітнїм звичаєм.
  The **firstborn** said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man on the earth to come in to us in the way of all the earth.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 19:31)

- Було ж у ранцї, що каже **старша** меньшій: Оце ж переспала я вчора з панотцем нашим. Упоїмо його вином і сієї ночі, а ти ввійшовши, переспи з ним, та й переховаймо від панотця нашого рід наш.
  It came to pass on the next day, that the **firstborn** said to the younger, “Behold, I lay last night with my father. Let’s make him drink wine again tonight. You go in, and lie with him, that we may preserve our father’s family line.”
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 19:34)

## sister

Used about 3 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3). Meaning: [sister in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sister/).

- Вона моя **старша** сестра.
  She is my elder **sister**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ahha and Alkrasnov · checked, community translation · [\#314333](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/314333) [\#414671](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/414671))

- **Старша** сестра була за матір.
  The eldest **sister** acted in place of the mother.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by aandrusiak and althead · checked, community translation · [\#27247](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/27247) [\#615746](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/615746))

## elder

Used about 3 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 3). Meaning: [elder in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/elder/).

- У Лабана ж та було дві дочцї: **старша** на імя Лея, меньша ж Рахеля.
  Laban had two daughters. The name of the **elder** was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 29:16)

- **Старша** ж сестра твоя — се Самария з дочками своїми, що живе на лїво від тебе, а менша сестра твоя, що живе на право од тебе, — се Содома з її дочками.
  Your **elder** sister is Samaria, who dwells at your left hand, she and her daughters; and your younger sister, who dwells at your right hand, is Sodom with her daughters.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 16:46)

- І промовив Саул Давидові: Ось тобі **старша** дочка моя Мерова, даю тобі її за жінку, тількі ж мусиш менї бути хоробрим і Господнї бої вести. Саул же думав: Нехай не моя рука буде на йому, а рука Филистіїв нехай буде на йому.
  Saul said to David, “Behold, my **elder** daughter Merab. I will give her to you as wife. Only be valiant for me, and fight the LORD’s battles.” For Saul said, “Don’t let my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him.”
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1SA 18:17)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- Бабуся у три з половиною рази **старша** від тебе.
  Grandma is three and a half times your age.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CM · checked, community translation · [\#273893](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/273893) [\#10570565](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10570565))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [Ukrainian grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/uk/) · [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [translating between English and Ukrainian](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-uk/) · [translating from Ukrainian](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-uk/) · [translating into English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-en/).

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