Михайло

Ukrainian

From Old East Slavic, borrowed through Old Church Slavonic, from Ancient Greek Μιχαήλ (Mikhaḗl). From Hebrew מיכאל (Mīkhāḗl, literally “who is like God”), a compound of מִי (mi, “who”) + כְּ- (k'-, “like, as”) + אֵל (el, “God”).

Attested as Михайло (Myxajlo) in 1368, Михаилъ (Myxayl), 1407, Михалъ (Myxal), 1391, Міхаилъ (Mixayl), 1627.

Compare Russian Михаи́л (Mixaíl), Bulgarian Михаи́л (Mihaíl), Belarusian Міхаі́л (Mixaíl), Old East Slavic Михаилъ (Mixailŭ), Polish Michał, Upper Sorbian Michał, Michałk, Czech Michael, Michal, Slovak Michal, Lower Sorbian Michal, Old Croatian Михаило (Mihailo), Slovene Mihael, Old Church Slavonic Михаилъ (Mixailŭ).

Миха́йло • (Myxájlo) m pers (genitive Миха́йла, nominative plural Миха́йла, genitive plural Миха́йл, feminine Михайли́на)

Declension of Миха́йло (pers hard masc in -о accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	Миха́йло Myxájlo	Миха́йла Myxájla
genitive	Миха́йла Myxájla	Миха́йл Myxájl
dative	Миха́йлові, Миха́йлу Myxájlovi, Myxájlu	Миха́йлам Myxájlam
accusative	Миха́йла Myxájla	Миха́йл Myxájl
instrumental	Миха́йлом Myxájlom	Миха́йлами Myxájlamy
locative	Миха́йлові, Миха́йлі Myxájlovi, Myxájli	Миха́йлах Myxájlax
vocative	Миха́йле Myxájle	Миха́йла Myxájla

Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “Михайло, Михей”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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