The Macedonian language has one of the more elaborate kinship (сродство, роднинство) systems among European languages. Most words are common to other Slavic languages, though some derive from Turkish. Terminology may differ from place to place; the terms used in the Standard are listed below, dialectical or regional forms are marked [Dial.] and colloquial forms [Coll.].
There are four main types of kinship in the family: biological blood kinship, kinship by law (in-laws), spiritual kinship (such as godparents), and legal kinship through adoption and remarriage.ЗАКОН ЗА СЕМЕЈСТВОТО (in Macedonian ) Traditionally, three generations of a family will live together in a home in what anthropologists call a joint family structure (reminiscent of the historical zadruga units), where parents, their son(s), and grandchildren would cohabit in a family home.Family and Kinship in Western Europe: The Problem of the Joint Family Household by Robert Wheaton
Direct descendance and ancestry Words for relations up to five generations removed—great-great-grandparents and great-great-grandchildren—are in common use. The fourth-generation terms are also used as generics for ancestors and descendants. There is no distinction between the maternal and paternal line.
Macedonian Cyrillic Transliteration Relation чукунвнука chukunvnuka great-great-granddaughter чукунвнук chukunvnuk great-great-grandson правнука pravnuka great-granddaughter правнук pravnuk great-grandson внука vnuka granddaughter внук vnuk grandson ќерка kjerka daughter син sin son мајка majka mother татко tatko father баба baba grandmother дедо dedo grandfather прабаба prababa great-grandmother прадедо pradedo great-grandfather чукунбаба chukunbaba great-great-grandmother чукундедо chukundedo great-great-grandfather
Ego's generation Macedonian does not have separate terms for first cousins, second cousins and so forth, but uses втор братучед (lit. "second cousin"), трет братучед (lit. "third cousin"), etc.
Macedonian Cyrillic Transliteration Relation брат brat brother сестра sestra sister батко, бато batko, bato older brother дада dada older sister братучед bratuched male cousin братучетка bratuchetka female cousin
Relatives Macedonian Cyrillic Transliteration Relation вујко vujko uncle (mother's brother) вујна vujna aunt (mother's brother's wife) стрико, чичко striko, chichko uncle (father's brother) стрина, нина strina, nina aunt (father's brother's wife) тетка tetka aunt (father's or mother's sister) тетин tetin uncle (father's or mother's sister's husband)
Step-relatives Macedonian Cyrillic Transliteration Relation очув ochuv stepfather маќеа makjea stepmother пасинок, пoсинок, пасторок pasinok, posinok, pastorok stepson паштерка pashterka stepdaughter полусестра polusestra stepsister полубрат polubrat stepbrother
In-laws Macedonian Cyrillic Transliteration Relation English translation свекор svekor husband's father father-in-law свекрва svekrva husband's mother mother-in-law тест, дедо test, dedo wife's father father-in-law тешта, баба tešta, baba wife's mother mother-in-law зет zet daughter's or sister's husband son-in-law or brother-in-law снаа snaa son's or brother's wife daughter-in-law or sister-in-law шура shura wife's brother brother-in-law шурнајка shurnajka wife's brother's wife sister-in-law свеска, балдаза sveska, baldaza wife's sister sister-in-law баџанак badjanak wife's sister's husbandco-brother-in-law девер dever husband's brotherbrother-in-law золва zolva husband's sistersister-in-law јатрва jatrva husband's brother's wifeco-sister-in-law сват svat child's spouse's fatherco-father-in-law сваќа svakja child's spouse's motherco-mother-in-law
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