Єлизавета

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

  • Єлисаве́та (Jelysavéta)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic елисаветь (elisavetĭ), from Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), from Biblical Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע (ʾĕlîšeḇaʿ, God is my oath).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jeɫezɐˈʋɛtɐ]
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Proper noun

Єлизаве́та • (Jelyzavéta) f pers (genitive Єлизаве́ти, nominative plural Єлизаве́ти, genitive plural Єлизаве́т, relational adjective єлизаве́тинський)

  1. a female given name, Yelyzaveta, equivalent to English Elizabeth

Declension

  • Лисаве́та f (Lysavéta)
  • Ліза f (Liza)

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “Єлизавета”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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