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- Title
Non-standard forms of saints' names in Old East Slavic.
- Authors
Budennaya, Evgeniya
- Abstract
The paper discusses non-standard forms of Old East Slavic saints' names, such as truncated forms like Vasilь and Dmitr instead of Vasilii and D(i)mitrii and variants like Jurьi, Mikula and Tudor instead of Georgii, Nikola and Fe(o)dor, respectively. Being previously treated as indications of somewhat lower rank in the social hierarchy, these forms sometimes refer to saints and highly ranking Church officials. The research into this non-standard usage of names is discussed in three contexts: 1) gospels and other canonical religious literature (truncated forms only), 2) names of medieval East Slavic cities and calendar holidays derived from saints' names (both truncated forms and forms like Jurьi, Mikula and Tudor), 3) informal graffiti-inscriptions. The analysis demonstrates the complex nature of the truncated forms, which, according to the genre of the text, can be attributed either to one of several possible interpretations of Greek names (in the case of canonical literature) or to the East Slavic vernacular character (city and holiday names). The latter context brings them close to forms like Jurьi, Mikula and Tudor, which perform a similar function.
- Subjects
GRAFFITI; RELIGIOUS literature; SOCIAL classes; SAINTS; CITIES &; towns; SOCIAL hierarchies; MEDIEVAL literature
- Publication
Russian Linguistics, 2023, Vol 47, Issue 2, p123
- ISSN
0304-3487
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11185-023-09273-0