patronymic
A name acquired from one's fatherA name acquired from one's father.
» Excuse me, I don't know your patronymic.
Извините, я не знаю вашего отчества.
Простите, я не знаю вашего отчества.
Meaning
2 sensesA name acquired from one's father.
a family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as ‘-son’ in English or ‘O'-’ in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor)
(broadly)A name acquired from the first name of one's father, grandfather or earlier (male) ancestor. Some cultures use a patronymic where other cultures use a surname or family name; other cultures (like Russia) use both a patronymic and a surname.
Examples
5 sentencesExcuse me, I don't know your patronymic.
ruИзвините, я не знаю вашего отчества. — odexed
What is your surname, first name and patronymic?
ruКак ваша фамилия, имя и отчество? — astru
Excuse me, I don't know your first name and patronymic.
ruПростите, я не знаю вашего имени-отчества. — odexed
What is your patronymic?
ruКак Вас по отчеству? — marafon
What's your patronymic?
ruКак ваше отчество? — odexed
Translations
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Origin
From Ancient Greek πατήρ (patḗr, “father”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”) (a variant form of ὄνομFrom Ancient Greek πατήρ (patḗr, “father”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”) (a variant form of ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”)). Also patronym + -ic, from patro- + -onym.
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