Тимоѳей
Old Ruthenian
Alternative forms
- Тимоѳе́и (Timoféj), Тимоѳи́й (Timofíj), Тимофи́й (Timofíj), Тимо́фтїи (Timóftij)
- Тимофте́оу (Timoftéu) – Moldavian dialect
Etymology
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
Тимоѳе́й • (Timoféj) m pers
- a male given name, Timofey, equivalent to English Timothy
Derived terms
- (Diminutives:) Тимо́хъ (Timóx), Тимо́шко (Timóško), Тимо́шъ (Timóš)
- (Patronymics:) Тимофе́євичъ (Timoféjevič)
Descendants
- Belarusian: Цiмафе́й (Cimafjéj); Цімахве́й (Cimaxvjéj) (colloquial)
- Ukrainian: Тимофі́й (Tymofíj); Тимоте́й (Tymotéj), Тимо́фтій (Tymóftij) (obsolete)
References
- 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
- Ohienko, Ivan (1930), “Тимоѳей”, in Українська літературна мова XVI-го ст. і Крехівський Апостол [Ukrainian Literary Language of the 16ᵗʰ сentury & the Krekhiv Apostle] (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