Iairus

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰάϊρος (Iáïros), derived from Biblical Hebrew יָאִיר (Ya'ir).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Iaīrus m sg (genitive Iaīrī); second declension

  1. (biblical) Jair

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Iaīrus
Genitive Iaīrī
Dative Iaīrō
Accusative Iaīrum
Ablative Iaīrō
Vocative Iaīre

Descendants

  • Franco-Provençal: Jaïr
  • Padanian:
  • Italo-Dalmatian
  • Old French:
  • Southern Gallo-Romance
    • Old Occitan: (attested in Occitan Acre Bible)
    • Old Catalan: Iayreus
    • Navarro-Aragonese: Iayr
  • West Iberian
  • Insular Romance
Borrowings
  • → Germanic:
    • → North Germanic:
    • → West Germanic:
      • Middle Low German: Jayr
        • German Low German: Jair
        • Dutch Low Saxon: Jaïr
      • → Old English: Iāirus
      • → Old High German: Yairus
        • Middle High German: Iair (see there for further descendants)
      • → Old Dutch: Jaïr

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Iaīrus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάϊρος (Iáïros), derived from Biblical Hebrew יָאִיר (Ya'ir).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Iāirus m

  1. (biblical) Jair
    • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 5:22
      And ða com ꞅũ oꝼ heah-ᵹeꞅamnunᵹũ, Iai ᫍuꞅ hāꞆꞆe;
      Then one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came

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