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Family words in Russian

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)
кузе́н (kuzen) - m
кузи́на (kuzina) - f
cousin
двою́ родный брат (dvojurodmyj brat) - m
двою́ родная сестра́ (dvojurodnaja sestra) - f
трою́ родный брат (trojurodnyj brat) - m
second cousin
трою́ родная сестра́ (trojurodnaja sestra) - f
nephew племя́нник (plemjannik)
niece племя́нница (plemjannica)
grandparents де́душка и ба́бушка (deduška i babuška)
дед (ded)
grandfather
де́душка (deduška)
ба́бка (babka)
grandmother
ба́бушка (babuška)
grandchildren вну́ки (vnuki)
grandson внук (vnuk)
granddaughter вну́чка (vnučka)
great uncle двою́ родный дед (dvojurodnyj ded)
great aunt двою́ родная ба́бка (dvojurodnaja babka)
grandnephew внуча́тый племя́нник (vnučatyj plemjannik)
grandniece внуча́тая племя́нница (vnučataja plemjannica)
пра́дед (praded)
great grandfather
праде́душка (pradeduška)
праба́бка (prababka)
great grandmother
праба́бушка (prababuška)
great grandson пра́внук (pravnuk)
great granddaughter пра́внучка (pravnučka)
свёкор (svjokor) husband's father
father-in-law
тесть (test') wife's father
свекро́вь (svekrov') husband's mother
mother-in-law
тёща (tjošča) wife's mother
зять (zjat') sister's husband
шу́рин (šurin) wife's brother
brother-in-law
де́верь (dever') husband's brother
своя́к (svojak) wife's sister's husband
неве́стка (nevestka) brother's wife
sister-in-law золо́вка (zolovka) husband's sister
своя́ченица (svojačenitsa) wife's sister
son-in-law зять (zjat')
неве́стка (nevestka)
daughter-in-law
сноха́ (snoxa)
stepfather о́тчим (otčim)
stepmother ма́чеха (mačexa)
stepson па́сынок (pasynok)
stepdaughter па́дчерица (padčerica)

Corrections and additions by Denis Cobrousev

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