Agapa (russian: Ага́па) is an
Old Church Slavonic
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[Superanskaya p. 278] and rare Russian female
first name
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[Petrovsky, p. 37] It is derived from the
Greek
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word ''agapē'', meaning ''love''.
The
diminutive
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s of "Agapa" are Aga () and Gapa ().
"Agapa" may also be a diminutive of the female name
Agapiya
Agapiya (russian: Ага́пия, from grc, Ἀγάπη) is an old and uncommonPetrovsky, p. 37 Russian Christian female given name, first name.Superanskaya p. 250 Its masculine version is Agapy. Its colloquial form is Ogapiya ().S ...
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[Superanskaya p. 250]
References
Notes
Sources
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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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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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