Words for family members and other relatives in Russian, an Eastern Slavic language spoken mainly in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus, and in many other countries.
Key to abbreviations: m = male, f = female
| Русский (Russian) | |
|---|---|
| family | семья́ (sem'ya) |
| parents | роди́тели (roditeli) |
| father | оте́ц (otec) |
| mother | мать (mat') |
| children | де́ти (deti) |
| son | сын (syn) |
| daughter | дочь (doč') |
| husband | муж (muž) |
| wife | жена́ (žena) |
| brother | брат (brat) |
| sister | сестра́ (sestra) |
| uncle | дя́дя (djadja) |
| aunt | тётя (tjotja) |
| cousin | кузе́н (kuzen) - m кузи́на (kuzina) - f двою́родный брат (dvojurodmyj brat) - m двою́родная сестра́ (dvojurodnaja sestra) - f |
| second cousin | трою́родный брат (trojurodnyj brat) - m трою́родная сестра́ (trojurodnaja sestra) - f |
| nephew | племя́нник (plemjannik) |
| niece | племя́нница (plemjannica) |
| grandparents | де́душка и ба́бушка (deduška i babuška) |
| grandfather | дед (ded) де́душка (deduška) |
| grandmother | ба́бка (babka) ба́бушка (babuška) |
| grandchildren | вну́ки (vnuki) |
| grandson | внук (vnuk) |
| granddaughter | вну́чка (vnučka) |
| great uncle | двою́родный дед (dvojurodnyj ded) |
| great aunt | двою́родная ба́бка (dvojurodnaja babka) |
| grandnephew | внуча́тый племя́нник (vnučatyj plemjannik) |
| grandniece | внуча́тая племя́нница (vnučataja plemjannica) |
| great grandfather | пра́дед (praded) праде́душка (pradeduška) |
| great grandmother | праба́бка (prababka) праба́бушка (prababuška) |
| great grandson | пра́внук (pravnuk) |
| great granddaughter | пра́внучка (pravnučka) |
| father-in-law | свёкор (svjokor) husband's father тесть (test') wife's father |
| mother-in-law | свекро́вь (svekrov') husband's mother тёща (tjošča) wife's mother |
| brother-in-law | зять (zjat') sister's husband шу́рин (šurin) wife's brother де́верь (dever') husband's brother своя́к (svojak) wife's sister's husband |
| sister-in-law | неве́стка (nevestka) brother's wife золо́вка (zolovka) husband's sister своя́ченица (svojačenitsa) wife's sister |
| son-in-law | зять (zjat') |
| daughter-in-law | неве́стка (nevestka) сноха́ (snoxa) |
| stepfather | о́тчим (otčim) |
| stepmother | ма́чеха (mačexa) |
| stepson | па́сынок (pasynok) |
| stepdaughter | па́дчерица (padčerica) |
Corrections and additions by Denis Cobrousev
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