يعقوب
See also: یعقوب
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
From Classical Syriac ܝܲܥܩܘܿܒ݂ (yaʿqōḇ), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿaqōv). Corresponding to Arabic يَعْقُبُ (yaʕqubu, “he follows”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
يَعْقُوب • (yaʕqūb) m
- Jacob, Hebrew patriarch also known as Israel
- James, any of a number of figures in the New Testament
- يَعْقُوب الْبَارّ ― yaʕqūb al-bārr ― James the Just
- يَعْقُوب بِن زَبَدِي ― yaʕqūb bin zabadī ― James, son of Zebedee
- يَعْقُوب بِن حَلْفَى ― yaʕqūb bin ḥalfā ― James, son of Alphaeus
- a male given name, Jacob, James, Jack, Jacques
Declension edit
Declension of noun يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb)
| Singular | basic singular diptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | يَعْقُوب yaʕqūb |
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| Nominative | — | يَعْقُوبُ yaʕqūbu |
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| Accusative | — | يَعْقُوبَ yaʕqūba |
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| Genitive | — | يَعْقُوبَ yaʕqūba |
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Alternative forms edit
- ياكوب (yākūb)
Related terms edit
- إِسْرَائِيل (ʔisrāʔīl)
Descendants edit
- Judeo-Arabic: יעקוב (yaʿqūbu)
- → Azerbaijani: Yaqub
- → Hausa: Yaƙubu, Yakubu
- → Kazakh: Жақып (Jaqyp)
- → Kyrgyz: Жакып (Jakıp)
- → Ottoman Turkish: یعقوب
- → Persian: یعقوب (ya'qub)
- → Urdu: یعقوب (ya'qūb)
- → Uzbek: Yaʼqub
- → Bengali: ইয়াকুব (yakub)
See also edit
- (Islamic prophets) آدَم (ʔādam), إِدْرِيس (ʔidrīs), نُوح (nūḥ), هُود (hūd), صَالِح (ṣāliḥ), إِبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm), لُوط (lūṭ), إِسْمَاعِيل (ʔismāʕīl), إِسْحَاق (ʔisḥāq), يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb), يُوسُف (yūsuf), أَيُّوب (ʔayyūb), ذُو الْكِفْل (ḏū l-kifl), شُعَيْب (šuʕayb), مُوسَى (mūsā), هَارُون (hārūn), دَاوُد (dāwūd), سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān), يُونُس (yūnus), إِلْيَاس (ʔilyās), الْيَسَع (al-yasaʕ), زَكَرِيَّا (zakariyyā), يَحْيَى (yaḥyā), عِيسَى (ʕīsā), مُحَمَّد (muḥammad) (Category: ar:Islamic prophets)