Agapy (russian: Ага́пий) is a Russian Christian male
first name
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[Superanskaya, p. 34] Its feminine version is
Agapiya
Agapiya (russian: Ага́пия, from grc, Ἀγάπη) is an old and uncommonPetrovsky, p. 37 Russian Christian female first name.Superanskaya p. 250 Its masculine version is Agapy. Its colloquial form is Ogapiya ().Superanskaya p ...
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[Petrovsky, p. 37] The name is derived from the
Greek
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word meaning ''loved one'' (cf.
agape feast
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).
Its colloquial forms are Agafy (), Agafey (), Ogafey (), and Ogafy ().
The
diminutive
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s of "Agapy" are Agap (; which can also be a main form of a
related name), Ogap (), and Gapey ().
"Agapy" is also an old form of the first name
Agap
Agap (russian: Ага́п) is a Russian male first name.Superanskaya, p. 23 The name is derived from the Greek name Agapios, which in turn derives from the verb , meaning "to love". The name's old form,Petrovsky, p. 37 as well as the fo ...
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The
patronymic
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s derived from this form are "" (''Agapiyevich''), "" (''Agapyevich''; both masculine); and "" (''Agapiyevna''), "" (''Agapyevna''; both feminine).
References
Notes
Sources
*А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (''Dictionary of Russian Names''). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005.
*Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (''Dictionary of Russian First Names''). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005.
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