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семья
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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic сѣмиꙗ (sěmija, “family, household; husband, wife”), from Proto-Slavic *sěmьja.
Pronunciation
Noun
семья́ • (semʹjá) f inan (genitive семьи́, nominative plural се́мьи, genitive plural семе́й, relational adjective семе́йный, diminutive семе́йка)
- family
- Synonym: семе́йство (seméjstvo)
Declension
Related terms
- семе́йственность (seméjstvennostʹ)
- семьяни́н (semʹjanín)
Descendants
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “семья”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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