Russian edit

 
семья

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic сѣмиꙗ (sěmija, family, household; husband, wife), from Proto-Slavic *sěmьja.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [sʲɪˈm⁽ʲ⁾ja]
  • (file)

Noun edit

семья́ (semʹjáf inan (genitive семьи́, nominative plural се́мьи, genitive plural семе́й, relational adjective семе́йный, diminutive семе́йка)

  1. family
    Synonym: семе́йство (seméjstvo)

Declension edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Akkala Sami: сямьй (s’am’j)
  • Udmurt: семья (śemja)

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