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ArchivesRe: Afanasiya- is it legit? Russian; female; male form Afanasiy is in the database nt
in reply to a message by Cerridwen Vandroogenbroeck
There is definetly a feminine form of this name. And there was a 9th century saint with the name.
I'm not sure what the exact Russian transliteration is. The Polish forms are Atanazy and Atanazja and the French forms are Athanase and Athanasie.
I'm not sure what the exact Russian transliteration is. The Polish forms are Atanazy and Atanazja and the French forms are Athanase and Athanasie.
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Afanasiya looks like a very accurate Russian transliteration. To make something ending in "iy" feminine, a lot of the time what they'll do is drop the "y" and add "ya" (looks like a backwards R).
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