Iacób

See also: Iacob and Iàcob

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Iacób, from Late Latin Iacobus, from Latin Iacobus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ). Doublet of Séamas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiəkoːbˠ/

Proper noun

Iacób m (genitive Iacóib)

1. Jacob (one of the sons of Isaac and Rebekah)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Iacób	nIacób	hIacób	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Late Latin Iacobus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːa̯koːb/

Proper noun

Iacób m (genitive Iacóib)

1. Jacob (one of the sons of Isaac and Rebekah)
2. James (apostle)
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 18^d12

     Petur et Iacób et Iohain

     Peter and James and John

Descendants

• Irish: Iacób
• Scottish Gaelic: Iàcob

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
Iacób (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	nIacób
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.