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