Jakub

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Iacōbus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (‘āqḗḇ, “heel of the foot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjakup]

Proper noun

Jakub m anim (diminutive Kuba or Kubíček)

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English James or Jacob

Declension

Declension of Jakub (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Jakub	Jakubové
genitive	Jakuba	Jakubů
dative	Jakubovi, Jakubu	Jakubům
accusative	Jakuba	Jakuby
vocative	Jakube	Jakubové
locative	Jakubovi, Jakubu	Jakubech
instrumental	Jakubem	Jakuby

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish Jakób, from Latin Iacōbus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (‘āqḗḇ, “heel of the foot”). Doublet of jacuzzi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈja.kup/

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• Rhymes: -akup
• Syllabification: Ja‧kub

Proper noun

Jakub m pers (diminutive Kuba or Kubuś or Jakubek)

1. a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English James or Jacob

Declension

Declension of Jakub

	singular	plural
nominative	Jakub	Jakubowie
genitive	Jakuba	Jakubów
dative	Jakubowi	Jakubom
accusative	Jakuba	Jakubów
instrumental	Jakubem	Jakubami
locative	Jakubie	Jakubach
vocative	Jakubie	Jakubowie

Further reading

• “Jakub”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Latin Iacōbus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (‘āqḗḇ, “heel of the foot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jakup/, [ˈjakup]
• Rhymes: -akup
• Hyphenation: Ja‧kub

Proper noun

Jakub m pers (diminutive Jakubko or Kubko)

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Jacob, Jake, or James
2. a male surname transferred from the given name
3. a district in Banská Bystrica

Declension

Declension of Jakub
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural
nominative	Jakub	Jakubovia
genitive	Jakuba	Jakubov
dative	Jakubovi	Jakubom
accusative	Jakuba	Jakubov
locative	Jakubovi	Jakuboch
instrumental	Jakubom	Jakubmi

Derived terms

• Jakubčan, Jakubčanka
• jakubský
• Kubo

Further reading

• “Jakub”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026