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patronymic

[pa-truh-nim-ik] / ˌpæ trəˈnɪm ɪk /


NOUN
surname
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Genealogist Calum MacNeil said patronymic names were popular when he was growing up in Nask, a small community in Barra.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2025

“This is exactly what we were doing, Dmytro Volodymyrovych,” she addressed him respectfully, with his patronymic.

From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2022

Cedillo responded, “I bet it ends in i-a-n,” referring to the traditional patronymic in Armenian surnames.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2022

“With this he changed my life. And also by his attitude toward Raisa Maximovna — a second important lesson,” Khodorkovsky said, using Gorbacheva’s patronymic.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 2, 2022

I asked, surprised that he had relinquished his proud paternal patronymic.

From Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer by O'Neil, Owen Rowe




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