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 form used by the
Russian Orthodox Church, is Agapy ().
The nonstandard colloquial form ''Agapey'' () was also used.
The
diminutive
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s of "Agap" are Agapka (), Gapa (), Aga (), Aganya (), Ganya (), Agasha (), and Gasha ().
The
patronymics derived from "Agap" are "" (''Agapovich''; masculine) and its colloquial form "" (''Agapych''), and "" (''Avapovna''; feminine).
See also
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Agapit Agapit (russian: Агапи́т) is an old and uncommonPetrovsky, p. 37 Russian Christian male first name.Superanskaya, p. 24 The name is derived from the Greek word ''agapētos'', meaning ''loved one''.
Its colloquial variant is Agap (; ...
, a related name
References
Notes
Sources
*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.
*Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (''Dictionary of Russian First Names''). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005.
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