Потёмкин

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Etymology

From Потёмка (Potjómka, a nickname), from потёмки (potjómki, “darkness”), from по- (po-, a comparative or delimitative prefix) + тёмный (tjómnyj, “dark”), from Proto-Slavic *tьmьnъ, + -ка (-ka, diminutive suffix) + -ин (-in, possessive suffix). This surname came from the nicknames Потёма (Potjóma)/Потёмка (Potjómka) that were given to a child born at twilight or at night. They may also mean "a secretive man".

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Потёмкин • (Potjómkin) m anim or m inan (genitive Потёмкина, nominative plural Потёмкины, genitive plural Потёмкиных, feminine Потёмкина)

  1. a surname, Potemkin or Potyomkin
    Григо́рий Алекса́ндрович Потёмкин ― Grigórij Aleksándrovič Potjómkin ― Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin

Declension

surname:

Declension of Потёмкин (surname)
masculine feminine plural
nominative Потёмкин
Potjómkin 		Потёмкина
Potjómkina 		Потёмкины
Potjómkiny
genitive Потёмкина
Potjómkina 		Потёмкиной
Potjómkinoj 		Потёмкиных
Potjómkinyx
dative Потёмкину
Potjómkinu 		Потёмкиной
Potjómkinoj 		Потёмкиным
Potjómkinym
accusative Потёмкина
Potjómkina 		Потёмкину
Potjómkinu 		Потёмкиных
Potjómkinyx
instrumental Потёмкиным
Potjómkinym 		Потёмкиной, Потёмкиною1
Potjómkinoj, Potjómkinoju1 		Потёмкиными
Potjómkinymi
prepositional Потёмкине
Potjómkine 		Потёмкиной
Potjómkinoj 		Потёмкиных
Potjómkinyx

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