Маръѳа

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Church Slavonic марѳа (marθa), from Ancient Greek Μάρθᾱ (Márthā), from Aramaic מָרְתָא (mārtā). Doublet of Маръта (Marŭta). Cognate with Russian Ма́рфа (Márfa).

Proper noun

Маръѳа • (Marŭθa) f

1. a female given name, Marfa, equivalent to English Martha

Further reading

• Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎^[1] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 757