Doroteja
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1383. From Ancient Greek Δωροθέα (Dōrothéa), from δῶρον (dôron, “gift”) + θεός (theós, “god”). Cognate with English Dorothy and Dorothea.
Proper noun
Doroteja f
- (now rare) a female given name from Ancient Greek
Related terms
References
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- [1] Population Register of Latvia: Doroteja was the only given name of 8 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dorotěːja/
Proper noun
Dorotéja f (Cyrillic spelling Дороте́ја)
- a female given name
Declension
Declension of Doroteja
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Doroteja | Doroteje |
| genitive | Doroteje | Doroteja |
| dative | Doroteji | Dorotejama |
| accusative | Doroteju | Doroteje |
| vocative | Dorotejo | Doroteje |
| locative | Doroteji | Dorotejama |
| instrumental | Dorotejom | Dorotejama |
Further reading
- “Doroteja”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2025
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɔrɔtɛ̂ja/
Proper noun
Dorotêja f
- a female given name
Declension
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | Doroteja | ||
| gen. sing. | Doroteje | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Doroteja | Doroteji | Doroteje |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
Doroteje | Dorotej | Dorotej |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
Doroteji | Dorotejama | Dorotejam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Dorotejo | Doroteji | Doroteje |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Doroteji | Dorotejah | Dorotejah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Dorotejo | Dorotejama | Dorotejami |
Further reading
- “Doroteja”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025