One word translation

[Pr1m3]

Hi all, I was just wondering what the most proper translation for "family" is.

[Pitter Pen]

Family is a father, mother, their kids, brother and sister, nephew etc. Family is a person's relatives. In ukrainian it is "сім'я" [simja] and in russiona it is "семья" [semja].

[IreneLviv]

It depends on the cotnext
Рoдина { Rodyna) із a true Ukrainian word for Mother + Father + etc

[Pitter Pen]

Being far away from a language professor maybe you are right. I am just curious why is Rodyna more true than Simja?
For example The Will of T.Shevchenko says: "сім'я вечеря коло хати..." [the family is having a dinner the house]. And also we have a song (maybe folk) "родина родина це вся Україна..." [family family this is whole Ukraine]
Again, i do not insist on my opinion but - i think that Simja has more formal meaning and Rodyna means something spiritual. It is very close to "house" and "home" in English, i think.

[steve p]

In Polish it's Rodzina, which is not a million miles away from Rodyna... I suppose there are similarities in all the Slavix languages...

steve