Дорофей
Russian
Alternative forms
- Дороѳе́й (Doroféj) — pre-1918 spelling
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δωρόθεος (Dōrótheos, “God’s gift”). Compare Фёдор (Fjódor), which uses the same roots in the reverse order.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [dərɐˈfʲej]
Proper noun
Дорофе́й • (Doroféj) m anim (genitive Дорофе́я, nominative plural Дорофе́и, genitive plural Дорофе́ев, female equivalent Дорофе́я)
- a male given name, Dorofey, from Ancient Greek
Declension
Declension of Дорофе́й (anim masc-form vowel-stem accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Дорофе́й Doroféj |
Дорофе́и Doroféi |
| genitive | Дорофе́я Doroféja |
Дорофе́ев Doroféjev |
| dative | Дорофе́ю Doroféju |
Дорофе́ям Doroféjam |
| accusative | Дорофе́я Doroféja |
Дорофе́ев Doroféjev |
| instrumental | Дорофе́ем Doroféjem |
Дорофе́ями Doroféjami |
| prepositional | Дорофе́е Doroféje |
Дорофе́ях Doroféjax |
Derived terms
- (Pejorative forms:) Дорофе́йка (Doroféjka)
- (Patronymics:) Дорофе́евич (Doroféjevič)/Дорофе́ич (Doroféič), Дорофе́евна (Doroféjevna)
- (Surnames:) Дорофе́ев (Doroféjev)