Re: Dental Fricatives

Hello,

> Russian commonly borrows Greek words with "th" but realizes
> them as "f", so you
> get words like "orfodoksyj" and names like Fyodor.
That's generally correct, but the first word is incorrect.

For one thing, this root was borrowed later, and has 't'. For another
thing, the word for 'orthodox' (in the non-religious sense) is
'ortodoksal'nyj'. 'Orthodox' in the religious sense is 'pravoslavnyj',
i. e. 'glorifying God in the right way'.

Pavel
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