Iacob

See also: Iacób, and Iàcob

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿaqóv, “he will/shall heel”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯a.koːb/, [ˈi̯äkoːb]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈja.kob/, [ˈjäːkob]

Proper noun

Iacōb m (indeclinable)

1. Jacob

Related terms

• Iacobus (“James”)

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English Iācōb, from Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿaqóv, “he will/shall heel”).

Proper noun

Iacob

1. Jacob (biblical figure)
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎^[1], published c. 1410, Matheu 1:1–2, page 1r, column 2, lines 1–5; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     The book of þe generacıoū of ıhū crıſt .· þe ſone of dauıd þe ſone of abꝛaham / abꝛaham bıgat yſaac / yſaac bıgat ıacob / ıacob bıgat ıudas ⁊ hıſe bꝛıþ̇en /

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• ⇒ English: Jacob
  • ⇒ English: Jakob, Jaycob, Jaykob
  • ⇒ English: Jake, Jack, Jay (diminutive)
  • ⇒ English: Jeb (diminutive)
  • ⇒ English: Coby, Koby, Kobe (diminutive)
  • → Hawaiian: Iakobo, Iakoba, Iakopo, Iakopa
  • → Maori: Hakopa

References

• “Iacob”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿaqóv, “he will/shall heel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɑː.koːb/

Proper noun

Iācōb m

1. Jacob (father of Joseph in the Hebrew Bible)

Declension

Declension of Iācōb (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	Iācōb	—
accusative	Iācōb	—
genitive	Iācōbes	—
dative	Iācōbe	—

Descendants

• Middle English: Iacob
  • ⇒ English: Jacob
    • ⇒ English: Jakob, Jaycob, Jaykob
    • ⇒ English: Jake, Jack, Jay (diminutive)
    • ⇒ English: Jeb (diminutive)
    • ⇒ English: Coby, Koby, Kobe (diminutive)
    • → Hawaiian: Iakobo, Iakoba, Iakopo, Iakopa
    • → Maori: Hakopa

Old Irish

Proper noun

Iacob m

1. Alternative spelling of Iacób

Mutation

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb). Doublet of Iacov.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Iacob m

1. Jacob.