дядя

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See also: дада and да-да

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic дѣдѩ (dědję), baby-talk assimilation of Old East Slavic дѣдъ (dědŭ). Displaced Russian уй (uj) and стрый (stryj), the common Slavic terms for maternal and paternal uncle, respectively.

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Noun

дя́дя (djádjam anim (genitive дя́ди, nominative plural дя́ди or дядья́, genitive plural дя́дей or дядьёв, diminutive дя́денька or дя́дюшка, pejorative дя́дька)

  1. uncle
    Synonyms: дя́денька (djádenʹka), дя́дька (djádʹka)

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Descendants

  • Armenian: ձյաձ (jyaj), ձյաձյա (jyajya), ձաձա (jaja)
  • Ingrian: däädä
  • Komi-Zyrian: дядь (ďaď)

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Noun

дя́дя (djádjam anim (genitive дя́ди, nominative plural дя́ди, genitive plural дя́дей, diminutive дя́денька or дя́дюшка or дя́дечка, pejorative дя́дька)

  1. (colloquial) man, fellow, guy

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic дѣдѩ (dědję), baby-talk assimilation of Old East Slavic дѣдъ (dědŭ) (compare дід (did)). Displaced Ukrainian стрий (stryj, paternal uncle) and вуй (vuj, maternal uncle) in most dialects.

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Noun

дя́дя (djádjam pers (genitive дя́ді, nominative plural дяді́, genitive plural дядь or дяді́в)

  1. (colloquial) uncle
    Synonym: дя́дьо (djádʹo)

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