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Old Ruthenian
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
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Further reading
- Ohienko, Ivan (1930) “Тимоѳей”, in Українська літературна мова XVI-го ст. і Крехівський Апостол (in Ukrainian), volume 2, Warsaw: Synodal Printing House, page 129
- Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “Тимоѳеи”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 431