Avgusta (russian: А́вгуста or ) is a Russian Christian
first name
First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1).
First or 1st may also refer to:
*World record, specifically the first instance of a particular achievement
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,
[Superanskaya, p. 250] the female form of the male first name
Avgust.
[Petrovsky, p. 32] It is derived from the
Latin
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word ''Augusta'', meaning ''sacred'', and was
used as an honorific in ancient Rome.
Its colloquial forms and
diminutive
A diminutive is a root word that has been modified to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment. A ( abbreviated ) is a word-form ...
s include Ava (), Gusta (), Gustya (), Ustya (), Gusya (), Gutya (), and Aga ().
"Avgusta" is also a colloquial form of the female first name
Avgustina and a diminutive of the male first name
Avgustin.
References
Notes
Sources
*Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (''Dictionary of Russian First Names''). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005.
*А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Современный словарь личных имён: Сравнение. Происхождение. Написание" (''Modern Dictionary of First Names: Comparison. Origins. Spelling''). Айрис-пресс. Москва, 2005.
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