семья

Russian

семья

Etymology

From Old East Slavic сѣмиꙗ (sěmija, “family, household; husband, wife”) (whence also Ukrainian сім'я́ (simʺjá) and Belarusian сям'я́ (sjamʺjá)), from Proto-Slavic *sěmьja. Compare Lithuanian šeima (“family”), Latvian sàimе (“family, household”), Old Prussian seimīns, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼𐍃 (haims, “settlement”), Old High German heim (“home”), Ancient Greek κώμη (kṓmē, “settlement”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sʲɪˈmʲja]
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Noun

семья́ • (semʹjá) f inan (genitive семьи́, nominative plural се́мьи, genitive plural семе́й)

  1. family

Declension

Declension of семья́ (inan fem-form vowel-stem accent-d) 
singular plural
nominative семья́
semʹjá		 се́мьи
sémʹi
genitive семьи́
semʹí		 семе́й
seméj
dative семье́
semʹjé		 се́мьям
sémʹjam
accusative семью́
semʹjú		 се́мьи
sémʹi
instrumental семьёй, семьёю
semʹjój, semʹjóju		 се́мьями
sémʹjami
prepositional семье́
semʹjé		 се́мьях
sémʹjax

Synonyms

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