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Afanasiy

  • [ ah-fah-NAH-see ]
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Russian form of ATHANASIUS.

ATHANASIUS   male   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek name Αθανασιος (Athanasios) meaning "immortal", from Greek α (a), a negative prefix, combined with θανατος (thanatos) "death". Saint Athanasius was a 4th-century bishop of Alexandria who strongly opposed Arianism.
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GREEK: Athanasios, Athanasius
BULGARIAN: Atanas
GREEK: Athanasios
MACEDONIAN: Atanas, Atanasij
MEDIEVAL SLAVIC: Athanasi
ROMANIAN: Atanase
RUSSIAN: Afanasy
SERBIAN: Atanasije
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
ANCIENT GREEK: Athanas
BULGARIAN: Tase
GREEK: Thanasis, Thanos
MACEDONIAN: Tase
FEMININE FORMS
ANCIENT GREEK: Athanasia
GREEK: Athanasia
MACEDONIAN: Atanasija
SERBIAN: Atanasija
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