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The template has two optional parameters: Matronymic – This allows the template to indicate matronymics or even presence of both types. This is accomplished by switching patronymic to matronymic or matronymic and patronymic. If left blank this will default to patronymic. Possible values of type are matronymic or both.
The template has three optional parameters GivenName – The given name of the subject. If left blank this will default to the first word of the page title; Patronymic – The inherited name of the subject. If left blank this will default to the second word of the page title; Possessive – The possessive determiner of the subject. If left ...
The template has two optional parameters: Matronymic – This allows the template to indicate matronymics or even presence of both types. This is accomplished by switching patronymic to matronymic or matronymic and patronymic. If left blank this will default to patronymic. Possible values of type are matronymic or both.
The usual noun and adjective in English is patronymic, but as a noun this exists in free variation alongside patronym. [a] The first part of the word patronym comes from Greek πατήρ patēr 'father' (GEN πατρός patros whence the combining form πατρο- patro-); [3] the second part comes from Greek ὄνυμα onyma, a variant form of ὄνομα onoma 'name'. [4]
The patronymic is formed by a combination of the father's name and suffixes. The suffix is -ович (-ovich) for a son, -овна (-ovna) – for a daughter. For example, if the father's name was Иван (Ivan), the patronymic will be Иванович (Ivanovich) for a son and Ивановна (Ivanovna) for a daughter.
Place this template alongside the bolded name at the beginning of a biographical article. It will generate a footnote explaining that the surname of the person is patronymic and that the person should be referred to by their given name , helping readers refer to the person correctly.
[patronymic] Replace this term with the person's patronymic, or father's name. note Optional: if "note=on", the following explanatory note is displayed: "The abbreviation 's/o' or 'd/o', if used, means 'son of' or 'daughter of' respectively." These abbreviations are sometimes used by Indians in Singapore. If "note=off" or the "note" parameter ...
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