фамилия

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Russian

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Familie or Polish familia, ultimately from Latin familia.

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Noun

фами́лия (famílijaf inan (genitive фами́лии, nominative plural фами́лии, genitive plural фами́лий, relational adjective фами́льный)

  1. surname, last name, family name
  2. (rare) clan
  3. (obsolete) family (the original meaning), see фами́льный (famílʹnyj)

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Descendants

  • Ingrian: familia

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “фамилия”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress