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Ukrainian
Etymology
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
Proper noun
Хома́ • (Xomá) m pers (genitive Хоми́, nominative plural Хо́ми, genitive plural Хом)
- a male given name, Khoma, equivalent to English Thomas or Russian Фома́ (Fomá)
Declension
Declension of Хома́ (pers hard fem-form accent-d)
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