Paulus

See also: paulus

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Paulus.

Proper noun

Paulus

1. Paul (biblical figure).
2. a male given name, rare in this form

Related terms

• male given names: Paul, Poul, Povl
• female given names: Paula, Pauline, Poula, Pouline

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch Paulus, from Latin Paulus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑu̯.lʏs/

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• Hyphenation: Pau‧lus

Proper noun

Paulus m

1. (biblical) Paul.
2. a male given name, now rare in this form.

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Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Paulus.

Proper noun

Paulus

1. Paul (biblical character).
2. a male given name, rare in this form

Related terms

• (male given names): Paavo, Paul
• (female given names): Paula

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Paulus.

Proper noun

Paulus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Pauli or Paulus' or (with an article) Paulus)

1. (biblical) Paul (apostle)
2. a male given name of rare usage, variant of Paul

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Paullus (cognomen)

Etymology

From paulus (“small”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpau̯.lus/, [ˈpäu̯ɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpau̯.lus/, [ˈpäːu̯lus]

Proper noun

Paulus m (genitive Paulī); second declension

1. A cognomen of the Aemilius clan.
2. Paul (biblical character).

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Paulus	Paulī
Genitive	Paulī	Paulōrum
Dative	Paulō	Paulīs
Accusative	Paulum	Paulōs
Ablative	Paulō	Paulīs
Vocative	Paule	Paulī

Descendants

• Romanian: Paul
• Piedmontese: Pàul
• Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italian: Paolo
  • Corsican: Paulu
  • Sicilian: Paulu
• Old French: Pol
  • French: Paul
    • Haitian Creole: Pòl
  • Walloon: På
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: Pau, Pol
  • Occitan: Pau
• Sardinian: Pàulu
• Venetian: Pagoło, Poło
• West Iberian
  • Aragonese: Pavlo
  • Asturian: Pablu
  • Old Galician-Portuguese:
    • Galician: Paulo
    • Portuguese: Paulo
  • Spanish: Pablo

Borrowings

• Albanian: Palush, Pal
• Arabic: بولس (būlus)
• Basque: Paulo
• Breton: Paol
• Cimbrian: Paul
• Cornish: Pawl
• Danish: Poul
• Dutch: Paul
• English: Paul
  • → Maori: Paora
• Estonian: Paavo
• Finnish: Paavo
• German: Paul
• Hungarian: Pál
• Irish: Pól
• Koine Greek: Παυλος (Paulos) (see there for further descendants)
• Lithuanian: Paulius
• Latvian: Pauls, Pāvels
• Maltese: Pawlu
• Manx: Payl
• Northern Sami: Bávlos
• Old Norse: Páll
  • Icelandic: Páll
  • Faroese: Páll
  • Norwegian: Pål
  • Swedish: Pål
• Scottish Gaelic: Pòl
• Slovak: Pavol
• Swedish: Paul
• Welsh: Phaul
• West Frisian: Pouw

References

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

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Norwegian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Paulus.

Proper noun

Paulus

1. Paul (biblical character).
2. a male given name, rare in this form

Related terms

• Paul, Pål
• Paula

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Old English

Etymology

From Latin Paulus, from paulus (“small”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑː.lus/

Proper noun

Paulus m

1. Paul

Declension

Declension of Paulus (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	Paulus	—
accusative	Paulus	—
genitive	Paules	—
dative	Paule	—

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Paulus.

Proper noun

Paulus c (genitive Paulus)

1. Paul (biblical character).
2. a male given name, rare in this form

Related terms

• given name: Paul
• feminine forms: Paula, Paulina