[tied] Re: Russian patronymics

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski
<piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:

> 07-01-04 14:20, Joao wrote:
> > So, names in -a have -in-ic^i patronymics. Ilya has Ilyinic^,

Foma

> > (Thomas) has Fominic^, right? But arent there analogical

formations in

> > -evic^?
>
> Nowadays they have patronymics in <-ic^> alone (<Il'jic^>,

<Fomic^>,

> etc.). As far as I know, there is no tendency to insert <-ev-> or <-

ov->

> by analogy.
>
> > And about Biblical names in -ias, what is the correct declension?
> > Zakharias - Zakhariy
> > Mathias - Matiy
> > Isahiah - Isai, Isaiya
>
> Matijevic^, Isajevic^, etc.
>
> > What's the origin of name NIKITA ? I thought it was a nickname of

Nikolai.

>
> Gk. Nike:te:s (a.k.a. Nicetas)
>

Every time I see Khrushschëv's son being interviewed on TV, I wonder
when the reporter will ask him what he thinks of the fact that so
many beautiful women have been named after his father.

Torsten