Avdelay
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Avdelay (Russian: Авдела́й) is an old and rare[1] Russian Christian male first name.[2] It is derived from the Greek: audē, lit. 'audio' and laos, 'people'.[2]
The diminutive of "Avdelay" is Russian: А́вдя, romanized: Avdya.[1]
The patronymics derived from "Avdelay" are Авдела́евич, Avdelayevich (masculine) and Авдела́евна, Avdelayevna (feminine).[1]
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[edit]- Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (Dictionary of Russian First Names). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-17-002940-3
- А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Современный словарь личных имён: Сравнение. Происхождение. Написание" (Modern Dictionary of First Names: Comparison. Origins. Spelling). Айрис-пресс. Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-8112-1399-9