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Katherine, Catherine, Cathrina Cathrinus is a Latinized masculine version of the feminine name Katherine /Catherine. The name originated from the Greek feminine name Αἰκατερίνα or Αἰκατερίνη (Aikaterina, Aikaterinē), which is of unknown etymology.
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.
Patrilineality, also known as the male line, the spear side [1] or agnatic kinship, is a common kinship system in which an individual's family membership derives from and is recorded through their father's lineage. It generally involves the inheritance of property, rights, names, or titles by persons related through male kin.
The Reverend Father or Father. Protopriest: The Very Reverend Protopriest or Father. Archpriest: The Very Reverend Archpriest [insert name] or Father. Archimandrite: The Very Reverend Archimandrite [insert name], or The Right Reverend Archimandrite, or Father. Hieromonk (Priest-monk) The Reverend Hieromonk or Father.
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 father may also avoid the son if he is the mother's first male child, speaking to him through intermediaries rather than directly. [ 78 ] Among the Mossi of central Burkina Faso in West Africa, the eldest son would be sent to relatives shortly after circumcision and return to the parental household shortly after puberty; after the death of ...
Patriarchy literally means "the rule of the father" [9] [4] and comes from the Greek πατριάρχης (patriarkhēs), [10] [11] "father or chief of a race", [12] which is a compound of πατριά (patria), "lineage, descent, family, fatherland" [13] (from πατήρ patēr, "father") [14] and ἀρχή (arkhē), "domination, authority ...
The following two example cultures each follow a different pattern, however: Example 1. Members of the (matrilineal) clan culture Minangkabau do not even have a surname or family name, see this culture's own section below. In contrast, members do have a clan name, which is important in their lives although not included in the member's name.