Agatha

agatha English Etymology en ine-pro *meǵh₂- *dʰeh₁- en grk-pro qsb-grc From en la Agatha, chiefly in honor of St Agatha, a 3rd-century Christian martyr, from en grc Ἀγαθή, from en grc ἀγαθός good. Pronunciation en /ˈæɡəθə/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-Agatha.wav en Ag a tha Proper noun en now _ uncommon en female Ancient Greek. en Agathus en 1991 w:Anne Tyler Saint Maybe Penguin Canada 0143012436 13 Agatha was as cloddish as her name – plain and thick, pasty-faced. Usage notes Although Agatha was in common use in the Middle Ages, was revived somewhat during the 19th century, and was held by a famous early 20th-century writer of detective stories, its recent unpopularity in English can create connotations of age. Derived terms en Agatha Christie-esque Saint Agatha St. Agatha Related terms en Agathangelus Agatharchus Agathinus Agathon Agathonicus Agathus Translations female given name Albanian: sq Agáta f, sq Agátha f Armenian: hy Ագաթա Asturian: ast Ágada f Asturian: ast Ágada f Basque: eu Agate Bulgarian: bg Ага́фия f Catalan: ca Àgata f, ca Àgueda f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 阿加莎 Ājiāshā, cmn 亞加大 Yàjiādà Catholic Czech: cs Agáta f Danish: da Agathe Dutch: nl Agatha, nl Aagje Esperanto: eo Agata Estonian: et Aet Faroese: fo Ata f Finnish: fi Agata French: fr Agathe f Frisian: West Frisian: fy Agatha Galician: gl Ádega f Georgian: ka აგათა German: de Agathe f Greek: el Αγάθη f Ancient Greek: grc Ἀγαθή f Hungarian: hu Ágota Ingrian: izh Ogaška Italian: it Agata f Latin: la Agatha f Latvian: lv Agate f Lithuanian: lt Agota f Lombard: lmo Aghìta f Norwegian: no Ågot Occitan: oc Agata f Polish: pl Agata Portuguese: pt Ágata f Russian: ru Ага́фия f, ru Ага́та f Sami: Skolt Sami: sms Oggvi, sms Åggvi, sms Ååggašǩ Sicilian: scn Àgata f, scn Àjita f Slovene: sl Agata f Spanish: es Águeda f Swedish: sv Agda Ukrainian: uk Агафія f Cebuano Etymology 1 Borrowed from ceb en Agatha, from ceb grc Ἀγαθή, from grc ἀγαθός good. Proper noun ceb proper noun ceb female Agatha Ancient Greek Etymology 2 Ellipses of ceb Donya Agatha. Noun ceb noun a princess; a young girl or woman considered vain, spoiled or selfish; a prima donna an unfriendly or disparaging way of addressing such woman or girl ceb eponyms idioms ellipses ceb People Dutch Etymology Ultimately from nl grc Ἀγαθή, from nl grc ἀγαθός good. nl Pronunciation nl /ˌaːˈɣaː.taː/ nl Nl-Agatha.ogg nl Aga tha Noun f - - nl female Agatha Ancient Greek Derived terms nl Aagje, nl aagje German Etymology Ultimately from de grc Ἀγαθή, from de grc ἀγαθός good. Proper noun de proper noun de female Agatha Ancient Greek Indonesian Etymology Ultimately from id grc Ἀγαθή, feminine of grc ἀγαθός good. Pronunciation id /ˈaɡata/ Proper noun id proper noun id female Agatha Ancient Greek Usage notes Mostly used by Christians. Latin Etymology la Agatha :bor grc:Ἀγαθή<t:Agatha, good> + 1 Pronunciation Agatha Proper noun Agatha<1.loc> Agatha, la female Ancient Greek la Agathus la city p/Gallia Narbonensis Agatha, now la town c/France Agde Declension Agatha<1.loc> Descendants en Agatha 1 fr Agathe Agde it Agata pt Ágata Águeda scn Àgata Àjita es Águeda References la France Portuguese Pronunciation Proper noun f pt Ágata Scots Pronunciation sco /ˈaɡəθə/ Proper noun sco female Agatha Ancient Greek Related terms sco Aggie diminutive References Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online. Tagalog Etymology tl :bor en:Agatha + 1 Pronunciation Ágata agata Proper noun Ágathá Agata tl female English