Матфей

See also: Матѳей

Russian

Alternative forms

• Матѳе́й (Matféj) (Pre-reform orthography (1918))

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɐtˈfʲej]

Proper noun

Матфе́й • (Matféj) m anim (genitive Матфе́я, nominative plural Матфе́и, genitive plural Матфе́ев)

1. a male given name from Hebrew: alternative form of Матве́й (Matvéj)
2. Matthew the Evangelist, one of the twelve Apostles. A publican or tax-collector at Capernaum and credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Matthew.
3. (biblical) The Gospel of St. Matthew, the first book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the first of the four gospels, a book attributed to Matthew the Evangelist.

Declension

Declension of Матфе́й (anim masc-form vowel-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	Матфе́й Matféj	Матфе́и Matféi
genitive	Матфе́я Matféja	Матфе́ев Matféjev
dative	Матфе́ю Matféju	Матфе́ям Matféjam
accusative	Матфе́я Matféja	Матфе́ев Matféjev
instrumental	Матфе́ем Matféjem	Матфе́ями Matféjami
prepositional	Матфе́е Matféje	Матфе́ях Matféjax