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in reply to a message by Cadha
I know it's usually spelled Zoya, but I choose to transliterate it thus, which I find more elegant looking.
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Oooo I've never heard of Zosima but I'm totally in love now. Is it the first of second syllable that's emphasized?
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"ZO-see-muh," is how I've heard it. :-)
I have to confess that I heard it as a male character in "The Brothers Karamazov." Father Zosima.
But if Zosimus is a Latin male name, I don't see how Zosima wouldn't have been the feminine form, even if it did later become a male name in Russia. The database does have a feminine form, Greek Zosime.
I have to confess that I heard it as a male character in "The Brothers Karamazov." Father Zosima.
But if Zosimus is a Latin male name, I don't see how Zosima wouldn't have been the feminine form, even if it did later become a male name in Russia. The database does have a feminine form, Greek Zosime.
This message was edited 2/3/2013, 6:00 PM
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