Потёмкин
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Потёмкин • (Potjómkin) m anim or m inan (genitive Потёмкина, nominative plural Потёмкины, genitive plural Потёмкиных, feminine Потёмкина)
- a surname, Potemkin or Potyomkin
- Григо́рий Алекса́ндрович Потёмкин ― Grigórij Aleksándrovič Potjómkin ― Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin
Declension
[edit]surname:
Declension of Потёмкин (surname)
masculine | feminine | plural | ||
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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 |
1 Rare.
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