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Comment on Most Popular Russian Names by Minority

Minority — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:40:35 +0000

Cheryl, if the horse is dark red, I’d think about:
* Искорка (Spark)
* Комета (Comet)
* Фурия [fury]
* Рыжик [ginger]

I guess the first one sounds more pleasant.

Comment on Most Popular Russian Names by yelena

yelena — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:45:05 +0000

Cheryl, I honestly don’t know about the horses. Typically a horse gets a name that starts with the same letter as her mother’s name. That’s all I know. I’ll try to find out this weekend.

Comment on Old Russian Names for the 12 Months by MIke

MIke — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:35:58 +0000

re. western vs. slavic names. I would guess the current names for the months entered Russian via the Church and Old Church Slavonic. They are the same as the Latin names of the Julian calendar which was also used by the Orthodox church. Here’s an interesting article on the subject: https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/6/66/Old_Church_Slavonic_Numbers,_Dates,_and_Months_by_Matthew_Bialawa.pdf

Comment on 12 Months in Russian – Part 2 by Sarahjane

Sarahjane — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:37:08 +0000

Thank you very much, Yelena. This is a beautiful set of posts. Collecting strange words is one of the joys of language learning for me, too.

When I started Russian, I began a list of locatives (sometimes called Prepositional II- that is, the irregular -у ending ones, like на мосту and на лбу). I think my husband and I must have a good 200 of them now. This list sustains me when I’m struggling- even after three years- with those dreadful глаголы движения.

Comment on Most Popular Russian Names by Cheryl Bogdanow

Cheryl Bogdanow — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:59:40 +0000

What do Russians name their horses? Is there is a fitting name for a dark red horse…most important, I’m looking for any pretty-sounding horse name. She’s very spirited…sweet sometimes & sour other times!