Жыґимонтъ

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• Жыкгимо́нътъ (Žygimónt), Жикгимо́нтъ (Žigimónt), Жікгимо́нтъ (Žigimónt), Żykhimónt, Жыкгмо́нтъ (Žygmónt), Жигмо́нтъ (Žihmónt), Жигмо́нть (Žihmóntʹ), Zimónt, Жидимо́нтъ (Židimónt), Зигму́нтъ (Zihmúnt)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Lithuanian Žygimantas.

Proper noun

Жыкгимо́нтъ • (Žygimónt) m pers (genitive Жыкгимонта)

1. a male given name from Lithuanian

Descendants

• Belarusian: Жыгімо́нт (Žyhimónt)
• Ukrainian: Жиґимо́нт (Žygymónt)

Further reading

• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “Жигмонть, Жигмонт, Жыкгмонтъ, Жыкгимонтъ, Zimont”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 359
• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “*Жидимонтъ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 360
• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “*Зигмунтъ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 398