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семья

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Russian

семья

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sʲɪˈm⁽ʲ⁾ja]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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

  1. family
    Synonym: семе́йство (seméjstvo)

Declension

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