Добриня

Bulgarian edit

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Dobrynya Nikitich

Добриня Никитич срещу Змея Горянин

Etymology edit

Old Slavic name from Russian Добры́ня (Dobrýnja), reflecting Proto-Slavic *dobryni (“bringer of virtue”). Morphologically equivalent to до́бър (dóbǎr, “good”) +‎ -иня (-inja).

In Bulgarian, the name is mostly encountered in the context of Добри́ня Ники́тич (Dobrínja Nikítič) - a mythological character from East Slavic legends based on the historical figure Dobrynya (a maternal uncle of Vladimir Sviatoslavich).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [doˈbrinʲɐ]
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Proper noun edit

Добри́ня • (Dobrínja) m

(dated) a male given name, Dobrynja (Old Slavic male name)
Dobrynya (mythological personage)

Derived terms edit

Добри́ня Ники́тич (Dobrínja Nikítič)