Amvrosy Explained

Amvrosy (Russian: Амвро́сий) is a Russian Christian^[1] male first name.^[2] It is derived from Greek ambrosios, meaning (belonging to) immortal(s), god-like; cf. ambrosia, food of gods.^[3] Abrosim (Russian: Абро́сим) is a colloquial variant of this first name. Other variants include colloquial and Old Church Slavonic Ambrosy (Russian: Амбро́сий); additional colloquial variants include Afrosim (Russian: Афро́сим), Ofrosim (Russian: Офро́сим), Abrosy (Russian: Абро́сий), Avrosim (Russian: Авро́сим), Obrosim (Russian: Обро́сим), Ambros (Russian: Амбро́с), Abros (Russian: Абро́с), and Obros (Russian: Обро́с). The diminutives of "Amvrosy" include Abrosya (Russian: Абро́ся), Amvroska (Russian: Амвро́с(ь)ка), and Rosya (Russian: Ро́ся).

The patronymics derived from "Amvrosy" are "Russian: Амвро́сиевич"/"Russian: Амвро́сьевич" (Amvrosiyevich/Amvrosyevich; masculine) and "Russian: Амвро́сиевна"/"Russian: Амвро́сьевна" (Amvrosiyevna/Amvrosyevna; feminine). The patronymics derived from "Abrosim" are "Russian: Абро́симович" (Abrosimovich; masculine) and its colloquial form "Russian: Абро́симыч" (Abrosimych), and "Russian: Абро́симовна" (Abrosimovna; feminine).

See also

• Ambrose (given name)
• Ambrož (disambiguation)
• Ambrose of Optina (Amvrosy Optinsky) (1812–1891), Russian monk canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church

References

Sources

• Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (Dictionary of Russian First Names). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005.
• [1] 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.
• [2] А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (Dictionary of Russian Names). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005.

Notes and References

1. Superanskaya [2], p. 30
2. Petrovsky, p. 48
3. Superanskaya [1], p. 32