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]

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• 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)

1. family (a group of people consisting of a spouse, children, and other relatives living together)

   Synonym: радзі́на (radzína)

2. (figuratively) family (group, organization of people united by common interests, activities, friendship)
3. (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