Хома

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

• IPA^(key): [xɔˈma]

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Proper noun

Хома́ • (Xomá) m pers (genitive Хоми́, nominative plural Хо́ми, genitive plural Хом)

1. a male given name, Khoma, equivalent to English Thomas or Russian Фома́ (Fomá)

Declension

Declension of Хома́ (pers hard fem-form accent-d)

	singular	plural
nominative	Хома́ Xomá	Хо́ми Xómy
genitive	Хоми́ Xomý	Хом Xom
dative	Хомі́ Xomí	Хо́мам Xómam
accusative	Хому́ Xomú	Хом Xom
instrumental	Хомо́ю Xomóju	Хо́мами Xómamy
locative	Хомі́ Xomí	Хо́мах Xómax
vocative	Хо́мо Xómo	Хо́ми Xómy

References

• “Хома”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)