Віра

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic Вѣра (Věra), from Old Church Slavonic вѣра (věra, “faith, belief”), a calque of Ancient Greek Πίστις (Pístis), from πῐ́στῐς (pĭ́stĭs, “faith”), analogous to English Faith. Compare Любо́в (Ljubóv) and Наді́я (Nadíja).

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋʲirɐ]

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Ві́ра • (Víra) f pers (genitive Ві́ри, nominative plural Ві́ри, genitive plural Вір)

1. a female given name, Vira, equivalent to English Vera