Avvakum (russian: Аввакум) is a Russian Christian
[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. p. 20] male
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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[Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (''Dictionary of Russian First Names''). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005. p. 31] It is derived from (''Ambakoum''), the form, as rendered in the , of
Habakkuk
Habakkuk, who was active around 612 BC, was a prophet whose oracles and prayer are recorded in the Book of Habakkuk, the eighth of the collected twelve minor prophets in the Hebrew Bible. He is revered by Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
Almost al ...
, a prophet of the
Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;["Tanach"](_blank)
''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''. Hebrew: ''Tān ...
. The etymology of
Habakkuk
Habakkuk, who was active around 612 BC, was a prophet whose oracles and prayer are recorded in the Book of Habakkuk, the eighth of the collected twelve minor prophets in the Hebrew Bible. He is revered by Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
Almost al ...
is opaque, though it has been thought by some to derive from the Hebrew root he2, חבק "embrace", in which case the meaning might be ''(God's) embrace''.
Alternately, the name is possibly related to the
Akkadian Akkadian or Accadian may refer to:
* Akkadians, inhabitants of the Akkadian Empire
* Akkadian language, an extinct Eastern Semitic language
* Akkadian literature, literature in this language
* Akkadian cuneiform
Cuneiform is a logo- syllabi ...
''khabbaququ'', the name of a fragrant plant.
Abakum () is a variant of this first name. Other variants include
Old Church Slavonic
Old Church Slavonic or Old Slavonic () was the first Slavic languages, Slavic literary language.
Historians credit the 9th-century Byzantine Empire, Byzantine missionaries Saints Cyril and Methodius with Standard language, standardizing the lan ...
Amvakum (), literary Ambakum (), and colloquial forms Obakum (), Bakum (), and Bakun ().
[А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (''Dictionary of Russian Names''). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005. p. 29] The
diminutive
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s of "Avvakum" include Avvakumka () and Avvakusha (), while the diminutives of "Abakum" are Abakumka () and Abasha ().
The
patronymics derived from "Avvakum" are "" (''Avvakumovich''; masculine) and its colloquial form "" (''Avvakumych''), and "" (''Avvakumovna''; feminine).
The
patronymics derived from "Abakum" are "" (''Abakumovich''; masculine) and its colloquial form "" (''Abakumych''), and "" (''Abakumovna''; feminine).
, Abakishin, Abakulov, Abakumkin, Abakushin, Abakshin,
Abbakumov,
Avakumov,
Avvakumov, and possibly
Bakulin and
Bakunin all derive from this first name.
[И. М. Ганжина (I. M. Ganzhina). "Словарь современных русских фамилий" (''Dictionary of Modern Russian Last Names''). Москва, 2001. p. 9]
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