Isaac

English

Etymology

From Middle English Ysaac, from Latin Isaac, from Ancient Greek Ἰσαάκ (Isaák), from Hebrew יצחק‎ (Yiṣḥāq, literally “he laughs, he will laugh”). Explained in Genesis as referring to his mother Sarah’s laughing when she was told she would have a son at her old age. The verb is masculine, however, perhaps due to its use as a boy’s name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪzək/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪzæk/

Proper noun

Isaac (plural Isaacs)

1. The son of Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob, from whom the Hebrew people trace their descent.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 21:4, column 1:

     And Abraham circumciſed his ſonne Iſaac, being eight dayes old, as God had commanded him.

2. A male given name from Hebrew.
3. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Derived terms

• Isaacite
• Port Isaac (from Cornish)

Translations

son of Abraham and Sarah

• Afrikaans: Isak
• Aghwan: 𐔼𐕚𐔰𐕄 (isaḳ)
• Albanian: Isak m
• Amharic: ይስሐቅ (yəsḥäḳ)
• Arabic: إِسْحَاق‎ (ar) m (ʔisḥāq)
• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܐܝܤܚܩ‎

• Armenian: Իսահակ (Isahak)
• Azerbaijani: İshaq
• Basque: Isaka
• Belarusian: Ісаа́к m (Isaák)
• Bengali: ইসহাক (iśohak)
• Bulgarian: Исаа́к m (Isaák)
• Catalan: Isaac
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 以撒 (zh) (Yǐsā), 依撒格 (zh) (Yīsāgé) (Catholic)

• Czech: Izák
• Danish: Isak
• Dutch: Izaäk m, Izaak (nl) m
• Estonian: Iisak
• Ewe: Isak m
• Faroese: Ísakur m
• Finnish: Iisak (fi)
• French: Isaac (fr) m
• Georgian: ისააკი (isaaḳi)
• German: Isaak m
• Greek: Ισαάκ (el) m (Isaák), Ισαάκιος (el) m (Isaákios)

  Ancient Greek: Ἰσαάκ m (Isaák), Ἴσακος (Ísakos)

• Hausa: Isiyaku
• Hawaiian: Isaʻaka, ʻIsaʻaka
• Hebrew: יִצְחָק‎ (he) m (yitskhák)
• Hindi: इसहाक़ m (ishāq), इसहाक (hi) m (ishāk)
• Hungarian: Izsák (hu)
• Icelandic: Ísak (is) m
• Irish: Íosác
• Italian: Isacco (it) m
• Japanese: イサーク (Isāku)
• Kazakh: Исхақ (İsxaq), Ысқақ (Ysqaq)
• Korean: 이사악 (Isaak)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئیسحاق‎ (îsḧaq)

  Northern Kurdish: Îshaq

• Latin: Isaac m
• Latvian: Īzāks m
• Lithuanian: Izaokas m
• Macedonian: Исак m (Isak)
• Malay: Ishak
• Manchu: ᡳᠰᠠᡴ (isak)
• Manx: Ysaig
• Maori: Īhaka
• Navajo: Áízak
• Ngazidja Comorian: Isihaka
• Northern Sami: Issát
• Norwegian: Isak
• Pashto: اسحاق‎ m
• Persian: اسحاق‎ (fa) (eshâq)
• Polish: Izaak (pl) m
• Portuguese: Isaque (pt), Isaac (pt) m
• Romanian: Isac m
• Russian: Исаа́к (ru) m (Isaák), Иса́к (ru) m (Isák)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Исак m

  Roman: Isak m

• Slovak: Izák m
• Spanish: Isaac (es) m
• Swedish: Isak (sv)
• Tajik: Исҳоқ (Ishoq)
• Thai: อิสอัค
• Turkish: İshak
• Ukrainian: Ісаа́к m (Isaák)
• Urdu: اسحاق‎ m (ishāq)
• Uyghur: ئىسھاق‎ (ishaq)
• Uzbek: Ishoq

male given name

• Arabic: إِسْحَاق‎ (ar) m (ʔisḥāq)
• Armenian: Իսահակ (Isahak), Սահակ (Sahak)
• Bengali: ইসহাক (ishaq)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 艾薩克／艾萨克 (zh) (Àisàkè)

• Czech: Izák m
• Danish: Isak
• Dutch: Izaäk m, Izaak (nl) m
• Ewe: Isak m
• Faroese: Ísakur m
• Finnish: Iisakki (fi)
• French: Isaac (fr) m
• German: Isaak m
• Greek: Ισαάκιος (el) m (Isaákios)
• Greenlandic: Iisaaq
• Hausa: Isiyaku
• Hawaiian: ʻIkaʻaka, ʻAikake
• Hebrew: יִצְחָק‎ (he) m (yitskhák)
• Hungarian: Izsák (hu)
• Ingrian: Issakka
• Italian: Isacco (it) m
• Japanese: アイザック (Aizakku)
• Korean: 아이작 (Aijak)
• Malay: Ishak
• Maori: Īhaka
• Northern Sami: Issát
• Norwegian: Isak
• Polish: Izaak (pl) m
• Portuguese: Isaque (pt) m
• Russian: Исаа́к (ru) m (Isaák), Иса́к (ru) m (Isák), А́йзак m (Ájzak) (transliteration of English but Isaac Newton is "Исаак")
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ајзак m

  Roman: Ajzak m

• Skolt Sami: Eessak
• Slovak: Izák m
• Spanish: Isaac (es)
• Swedish: Isak (sv)
• Uyghur: ئىسھاق‎ (ishaq)
• Yiddish: יצחק‎ m (yitskhok)

Anagrams

• ASAIC, acais, asaic, açais, açaís

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.za.ak/

Proper noun

Isaac m

1. Isaac (Biblical figure)
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Isaac

Anagrams

• casai

Latin

Etymology

Ancient Greek Ἰσαάκ (Isaák), from Biblical Hebrew יצחק‎ (Yiṣḥāq, literally “he laughs”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.sa.aːk/, [ˈɪs̠äːk]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.sa.ak/, [ˈiːs̬äːk]

Proper noun

Isaāc m sg (indeclinable)

1. (biblical) Isaac

Further reading

• “Isaac”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Scots

Proper noun

Isaac

1. Isaac

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /isaˈak/ [i.saˈak]
  • Rhymes: -ak
• IPA^(key): /iˈsak/ [iˈsak]
  • Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: I‧sa‧ac

Proper noun

Isaac m

1. Isaac (Biblical figure)
   • 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), Génesis 21:4:

     Y circuncidó Abraham á su hijo Isaac de ocho días, como Dios le había mandado.

     And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him. (KJV)

2. a male given name, equivalent to English Isaac