Isaac

English

Etymology

From Hebrew יצחק (Yiṣḥāq, “[he] will laugh”) (since his mother Sarah laughed when told she was pregnant at her old age).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪzək/

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 — King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 21:4

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

2. A male given name.
3. A surname​.

Derived terms

• Isaacite

Translations

son of Abraham and Sarah

• Arabic: إِسْحَاق m (ʾisḥāq)
• Armenian: Իսահակ (Isahak)
• Basque: Isaka
• Belarusian: Ісаак m (Isaák)
• Bulgarian: Исаак m (Isaák)
• Catalan: Isaac
• Chinese:

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

• 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)

  Ancient Greek: Ἰσαάκ m (Isaák)

• Hawaiian: Isaʻaka
• Hebrew: יִצְחָק (he) m (yitzḥáq)
• Hungarian: Izsák (hu)
• Irish: Íosác
• Italian: Isacco m

• Japanese: イサーク (Isāku)
• Korean: 이삭 (ko) (Isak)
• Latin: Isaac m
• Latvian: Īzāks m
• Lithuanian: Izaokas m
• Malay: Ishak
• Manx: Ysaig
• Maori: Īhaka
• Navajo: Áízak
• Ngazidja Comorian: Isihaka
• Northern Sami: Issát
• Norwegian: Isak
• Persian: اسحاق (fa) (Ishâq)
• Polish: Izaak (pl) m
• Portuguese: Isaque (pt)
• 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)
• Turkish: İshak
• Ukrainian: Ісаак m (Isaák)
• Uyghur: ئىسھاق (ishaq)

male given name

• Arabic: إِسْحَاق m (ʾisḥāq)
• Armenian: Իսահակ (Isahak)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 艾薩克 (zh), 艾萨克 (zh) (Àisàkè)

• Czech: Izák m
• Danish: Isak
• Ewe: Isak m
• Faroese: Ísakur m
• Finnish: Iisakki (fi)
• French: Isaac (fr) m
• German: Isaak m
• Greenlandic: Iisaaq
• Hawaiian: ʻIkaʻaka, ʻAikake
• Hebrew: יִצְחָק (he) m (Yitzḥáq)
• Italian: Isacco m
• Japanese: アイザック (Aizakku)

• Malay: Ishak
• Maori: Īhaka, 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

• açais

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French

Proper noun

Isaac

1. Isaac (Biblical figure)
2. A male given name

Anagrams

• casai

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Latin

Etymology

From Hebrew יצחק (Yiṣḥāq).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.sa.aːk/, [ˈɪ.sa.aːk]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.sa.ak/, [ˈiː.sa.ak]

Proper noun

Isaāc (indeclinable)

1. Isaac (biblical figure)

References

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

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Scots

Proper noun

Isaac

1. Isaac

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Spanish

Proper noun

Isaac (m)

1. Isaac (Biblical figure)
2. A male given name

Quotations

• 1602 — La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Génesis 21:4

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