Iacob

See also: Iacób

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב‎ (yaʿaqóv, “heel-grabber”).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Iacōb m (indeclinable)

1. Jacob

Related terms

• Iacobus (“James”)

Middle English

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, lines 1–5, page 1r, column 2; 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 quote)

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

Old Irish

Proper noun

Iacob m

1. Alternative spelling of Iacób

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
Iacob	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.

Proper noun

Iacob m

1. Jacob.