How To Use Matronymic In A Sentence
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“Kunyat” = patronymic or matronymic; a name beginning with “Abu” (father) or with “Umm” (mother).
The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
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Even less common is the use of both matronymic and patronymic names – e.g.,
Matthew Yglesias » The Bjork Fund
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In the above family, the two kids would be named Jón Guðrúnsson and Siga Guðrúnsdottir if matronymic naming was followed.
Matthew Yglesias » The Bjork Fund
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Hence the great clans, Habr Gerhajis and Awal, who prefer the matronymic — Habr signifying a mother, — since, according to their dictum, no man knows who may be his sire. 9 These increased and multiplied by connection and affiliation to such an extent that about 300 years ago they drove their progenitors, the Galla, from
First footsteps in East Africa
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The “Kuniyah,” bye-name, patronymic or matronymic, is necessary amongst Moslems whose list of names, all connected more or less with religion, is so scanty.
The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
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One explanation for Simons mysterious background lies in his actual name: fitz means son of but FitzMary is in fact a matronymic (i.e. derived from his mothers Christian name) which commonly denoted illegitimate birth (as in Martin FitzAlice, alderman of St Michaels, Paternoster Royal, in 1281).
Bedlam
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I think that Iceland was the only one of these countries to use matronymic names regularly.
An Unconventional Naming Convention
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I cut off my hair, I went naked in public, I learned ideas by the fistful, I changed my last name to Jochild (a matronymic) and I came back courageous.
CLAIMING YOUR PEOPLE: THINK BIG
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It is interesting that their usual surnames are all patronymics or matronymics, rather than the locatives that would be more likely were any of the four from immigrant families.