Тимоѳей
Old Ruthenian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Тимоѳе́и (Timoféj), Тимоѳи́й (Timofíj), Тимофи́й (Timofíj), Тимо́фтїи (Timóftii)
- Тимофте́оу (Timoftéu) — Moldavian dialect
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old East Slavic Тимоѳеи (Timoθei), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic Тимоѳеи (Timoθei), from Ancient Greek Τῑμόθεος (Tīmótheos).[1] Compare Russian Тимофе́й (Timoféj).
Proper noun
[edit]Тимоѳе́й • (Timoféj) m pers
- a male given name, Timofey, equivalent to English Timothy
Derived terms
[edit]- (Diminutives:) Тимо́хъ (Timóx), Тимо́шко (Timóško), Тимо́шъ (Timóš)
- (Patronymics:) Тимофе́євичъ (Timoféjevič)
Descendants
[edit]- Belarusian: Цiмафе́й (Cimafjéj); Цімахве́й (Cimaxvjéj) (colloquial)
- Ukrainian: Тимофі́й (Tymofíj); Тимоте́й (Tymotéj), Тимо́фтій (Tymóftij) (obsolete)
References
[edit]- ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “Тимофі́й”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 568
Further reading
[edit]- Ohienko, Ivan (1930) “Тимоѳей”, in Українська літературна мова XVI-го ст. і Крехівський Апостол [Ukrainian Literary Language of the 16ᵗʰ сentury & the Krekhiv Apostle][1] (in Ukrainian), volume 2, Warsaw: Synodal Printing House, page 129
- Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “Тимоѳеи”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 431
Categories:
- Old Ruthenian terms inherited from Old East Slavic
- Old Ruthenian terms derived from Old East Slavic
- Old Ruthenian terms derived from Old Church Slavonic
- Old Ruthenian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Old Ruthenian lemmas
- Old Ruthenian proper nouns
- Old Ruthenian masculine nouns
- Old Ruthenian personal nouns
- Old Ruthenian given names
- Old Ruthenian male given names