Յովսէփ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew יוֹסֵף (Yosef).

Proper noun

Յովսէփ • (Yovsēpʻ)

1. (biblical) Joseph (eleventh and favorite son of Jacob, by his wife Rachel)
2. (biblical) Joseph (Jesus's dad)
3. a male given name

Declension

a-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	Յովսէփ (Yovsēpʻ)
genitive	Յովսեփայ (Yovsepʻay)
dative	Յովսեփայ (Yovsepʻay)
accusative	Յովսէփ (Yovsēpʻ)
ablative	Յովսեփայ (Yovsepʻay)
instrumental	Յովսեփաւ (Yovsepʻaw)
locative	Յովսէփ (Yovsēpʻ)

u-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	Յովսէփ (Yovsēpʻ)
genitive	Յովսեփու (Yovsepʻu)
dative	Յովսեփու (Yovsepʻu)
accusative	Յովսէփ (Yovsēpʻ)
ablative	Յովսեփէ (Yovsepʻē)
instrumental	Յովսեփու (Yovsepʻu)
locative	Յովսեփու (Yovsepʻu)

Descendants

• Armenian: Հովսեփ (Hovsepʻ)

References

• Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942–1962) “Յովսէփ”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press