Xesús

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin Iēsūs, from Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs), from Biblical Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (yəhôšuaʿ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃeˈsus/, [ɕeˈsus]
• Rhymes: -us
• Hyphenation: Xe‧sús

Proper noun

Xesús m

1. Jesus
2. a male given name, equivalent to Spanish Jesús

Galician

Alternative forms

• Xasús (minced oath)
• Jesus (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Ihesus, from Latin Iēsus, from Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs), from Biblical Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (yəhôšuaʿ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛˈsus/ [ʃɛˈs̺us̺]
• Rhymes: -us
• Hyphenation: Xe‧sús

Proper noun

Xesús m

1. Jesus
2. a male given name, equivalent to Spanish Jesús

Interjection

Xesús

1. Jesus; geez
   • 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:

     Albino: Deyjame probar si quera
     vnha gota a min tamen.
     Marta: Pois tendela vara e besta
     quen bos quita que bebàs?
     Albino: Ay Iasus como me presta.

     Albino: "Let me taste al least
     a drop for myself"
     Marta: "You have rod and horse,
     who's forbidding you of drinking?"
     Albino: "Oh, Jesus, it feels good!"

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Ihesus”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “Xesús”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “Xesús”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “Xesús”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Leonese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃeˈsus/, [ɕeˈsus]
• Rhymes: -us
• Hyphenation: Xe‧sús

Proper noun

Xesús m

1. Alternative form of Xuasús