Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yehoshúa'), and cognate of Iēsus (itself through Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs))

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Iosūe m sg (variously declined, genitive Iosūe or Iosūae); indeclinable, first declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Joshua
  2. Joshua (biblical character)
  3. the Book of Joshua

Declension

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Indeclinable noun or first-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Iosūe
Genitive Iosūe
Iosūae
Dative Iosūe
Iosūae
Accusative Iosūe
Iosūam
Ablative Iosūe
Iosūā
Vocative Iosūe
Iosūa

Descendants

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  • Italian: Giosuè
  • Basque: Josue
  • French: Josué
  • Maltese: Ġożwè
  • German: Josua

Further reading

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  • Iosue”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Iosue in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.