Jonas
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Iōnās, from Koine Greek Ἰωνᾶς (Iōnâs), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹנָה (yônâ). Doublet of Jonah.
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Jonas
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 12:40::
- For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
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Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Biblical Jonas (=Jonah), also used as a medieval Latinization of Danish Jon (“John”).
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Jonas
- (biblical) Jonah.
- a male given name
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- [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 20 583 males with the given name Jonas have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
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Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch Jonas, from Latin Iōnās, from Ancient Greek Ἰωνᾶς (Iōnâs), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹנָה.
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Jonas m
- (religion) Jonah.
- Synonym: Jona
- a male given name
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Jonas m
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Jonas m (proper noun, strong, genitive Jonas')
- (biblical) Jonah (prophet)
- a male given name of biblical origin
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- Jona (now preferred for the prophet, less common as a given name)
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Jonas
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈi̯oː.naːs/, [ˈi̯oːnäːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈjo.nas/, [ˈjɔːnäs]
Proper noun edit
Jōnās m sg (genitive Jōnae); first declension
- alternative typography of Iōnās
Declension edit
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Jōnās |
Genitive | Jōnae |
Dative | Jōnae |
Accusative | Jōnān |
Ablative | Jōnā |
Vocative | Jōnā |
References edit
- “Jonas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Latvian edit
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Jonas
Lithuanian edit
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Jõnas m stress pattern 2[1]
- John (biblical character).
- a male given name, equivalent to English John
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- ^ “Jonas”, in Vardai [Names], Valstybinė lietuvių kalbos komisija [Commission on the Lithuanian language], 2010–2024
Norwegian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Jonas, Ancient Greek Ἰωνᾶς (Iōnâs), from Hebrew, cognate with the English Jonas and Jonah.
Proper noun edit
Jonas
- a male given name
- (religion) Jonah.
Usage notes edit
- The most common given name of boys born in Norway in the 2000-2009 decade.
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Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin Iōnās, from Ancient Greek Ἰωνᾶς (Iōnâs), from Hebrew יוֹנָה.
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Jonas m
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From the Ancient Greek equivalent of English Jonah, ultimately from Hebrew, also a short form of Johannes. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1303.
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Jonas c (genitive Jonas)
- a male given name
- (religion) Jonah.
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References edit
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [3] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 59 573 males with the given name Jonas living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
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Tagalog edit
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Jonás (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜈᜐ᜔)