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

Mutated forms of Iacób

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Iacób	nIacób	hIacób	not applicable

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

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

Mutation of Iacób

radical	lenition	nasalization
Iacób (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	nIacób

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