сям'я
See also: сама
Belarusian
Alternative forms
- siamja — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian сѣмьꙗ (sěmʹja), from Old East Slavic сѣмиꙗ (sěmija), from Proto-Slavic *sěmьjà. Cognate with Russian семья́ (semʹjá) and Ukrainian сім'я́ (simʺjá).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sʲaˈmja]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: ся‧м'я
Noun
сям'я́ • (sjamʺjá) f inan (genitive сям'і́, nominative plural се́м'і, genitive plural сяме́й or се́м'яў, relational adjective сяме́йны, diminutive сяме́йка)
- family (a group of people consisting of a spouse, children, and other relatives living together)
- Synonym: радзі́на (radzína)
- (figuratively) family (group, organization of people united by common interests, activities, friendship)
- (linguistics) family (a group of related languages)
Declension
Declension of сям'я́ (inan soft fem-form accent-d а-е mixed-reduc)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | сям'я́ sjamʺjá |
се́м'і sjémʺi |
| genitive | сям'і́ sjamʺí |
сяме́й, се́м'яў sjamjéj, sjémʺjaŭ |
| dative | сям'і́ sjamʺí |
се́м'ям sjémʺjam |
| accusative | сям'ю́ sjamʺjú |
се́м'і sjémʺi |
| instrumental | сям'ёй, сям'ёю sjamʺjój, sjamʺjóju |
се́м'ямі sjémʺjami |
| locative | сям'і́ sjamʺí |
се́м'ях sjémʺjax |
| count form | — | сям'і́1 sjamʺí1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (2011), “семья”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 31 (рушаючий – смущенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 207
- “сям'я”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “сям'я” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org