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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Familie or Polish familia, ultimately from Latin familia.
Pronunciation
Noun
фами́лия • (famílija) f inan (genitive фами́лии, nominative plural фами́лии, genitive plural фами́лий, relational adjective фами́льный)
- surname, last name, family name
- (rare) clan
- (obsolete) family (the original meaning), see фами́льный (famílʹnyj)
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References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “фамилия”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress