Хома

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From Old Church Slavonic Ѳѡма (Θoma), from Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς (Thōmâs).

Foreign Ф /f/ was replaced by Хв /xw/ in colloquial speech, which was reduced to /x/ before rounded vowels. Compare the wh-cluster reduction in English who.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [xɔˈma]
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Proper noun

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Хома́ (Xomám pers (genitive Хоми́, nominative plural Хо́ми, genitive plural Хом)

  1. a male given name, Khoma, equivalent to English Thomas or Russian Фома́ (Fomá)

Declension

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References

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