Тимоѳей

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• Тимоѳе́и (Timoféj), Тимоѳи́й (Timofíj), Тимофи́й (Timofíj), Тимо́фтїи (Timóftii)
• Тимофте́оу (Timoftéu) — Moldavian dialect

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic Тимоѳеи (Timoθei), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic Тимоѳеи (Timoθei), from Ancient Greek Τῑμόθεος (Tīmótheos). Compare Russian Тимофе́й (Timoféj).

Proper noun

Тимоѳе́й • (Timoféj) m pers

1. a male given name, Timofey, equivalent to English Timothy

Derived terms

• (Diminutives:) Тимо́хъ (Timóx), Тимо́шко (Timóško), Тимо́шъ (Timóš)
• (Patronymics:) Тимофе́євичъ (Timoféjevič)

Descendants

• Belarusian: Цiмафе́й (Cimafjéj); Цімахве́й (Cimaxvjéj) (colloquial)
• Ukrainian: Тимофі́й (Tymofíj); Тимоте́й (Tymotéj), Тимо́фтій (Tymóftij) (obsolete)

Further reading

• Ohienko, Ivan (1930) “Тимоѳей”, in Українська літературна мова XVI-го ст. і Крехівський Апостол [Ukrainian Literary Language of the 16ᵗʰ сentury & the Krekhiv Apostle]‎^[1] (in Ukrainian), volume 2, Warsaw: Synodal Printing House, page 129
• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “Тимоѳеи”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 431