Iacob

See also: Iacób and Iàcob

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿaqóv, “he will/shall heel”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯a.koːb/, [ˈi̯äkoːb]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈja.kob/, [ˈjäːkob]

Proper noun

Iacōb m (indeclinable)

1. Jacob

Related terms

• Iacobus (“James”)

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English Iācōb, from Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿaqóv, “he will/shall heel”).

Proper noun

Iacob

1. Jacob (biblical figure)
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Matheu 1:1–2, page 1r, column 2, lines 1–5; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     The book of þe generacıoū of ıhū crıſt .· þe ſone of dauıd þe ſone of abꝛaham / abꝛaham bıgat yſaac / yſaac bıgat ıacob / ıacob bıgat ıudas ⁊ hıſe bꝛıþ̇en /

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• ⇒ English: Jacob
  • ⇒ English: Jakob, Jaycob, Jaykob
  • ⇒ English: Jake, Jack, Jay (diminutive)
  • ⇒ English: Jeb (diminutive)
  • ⇒ English: Coby, Koby, Kobe (diminutive)
  • → Hawaiian: Iakobo, Iakoba, Iakopo, Iakopa
  • → Maori: Hakopa

References

• “Iacob”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿaqóv, “he will/shall heel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɑː.koːb/

Proper noun

Iācōb m

1. Jacob (father of Joseph in the Hebrew Bible)

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	Iācōb	—
accusative	Iācōb	—
genitive	Iācōbes	—
dative	Iācōbe	—

Declension of Iācōb (strong a-stem)

Descendants

• Middle English: Iacob
  • ⇒ English: Jacob
    • ⇒ English: Jakob, Jaycob, Jaykob
    • ⇒ English: Jake, Jack, Jay (diminutive)
    • ⇒ English: Jeb (diminutive)
    • ⇒ English: Coby, Koby, Kobe (diminutive)
    • → Hawaiian: Iakobo, Iakoba, Iakopo, Iakopa
    • → Maori: Hakopa

Old Irish

Proper noun

Iacob m

1. Alternative spelling of Iacób

Mutation

Mutation of Iacob

radical	lenition	nasalization
Iacob (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	nIacob

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb). Doublet of Iacov.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Iacob m

1. Jacob.