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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
Proper noun
Isaac (countable and uncountable, plural Isaacs)
- (biblical) The son of Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob, from whom the Hebrew people trace their descent.
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- Isaac Region, a local government area in central Queensland, Australia, named after the Isaac River.
Derived terms
Descendants
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
- Farefare: Isakɩ, A'isakɩ
- 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 (ku)
- Latin: Isaac m
- Latvian: Īzāks m
- Lithuanian: Izaõkas 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)
- Pohnpeian: Aisek
- Polish: Izaak (pl) m
- Portuguese: Isaque (pt), Isaac (pt) m
- Romanian: Isac m
- Russian: Исаа́к (ru) m (Isaák), Иса́к (ru) m (Isák)
- Scottish Gaelic: Isaac m
- 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
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Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Isaac m
- Isaac (Biblical figure)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Isaac
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἰσαάκ (Isaák), from Biblical Hebrew יִצְחָק (Yiṣḥāq, literally “he laughs”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Isaāc m sg (indeclinable)
- (biblical) Isaac
Descendants
Further reading
Old English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Isaāc, from Ancient Greek Ἰσαάκ (Isaák), from Biblical Hebrew יצחק (Yiṣḥāq, literally “he laughs”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Isaāc m
- Isaac (Biblical character)
- Old English Heptateuch, Genesis 22:2
"Nim þīnne āncennedan sunu Īsaac, þe þū lufast, and far tō þām lande Visionis hraþe, and ġeoffra hine þǣr uppan ānre dūne."- "Take your only-begotten son Isaac, whom you love, and quickly go to the land of Visionis, and sacrifice him there upon a mountain."
Scots
Proper noun
Isaac
- Isaac
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /isaˈak/
- IPA(key): /iˈsak/
- Syllabification: I‧sa‧ac
Proper noun
Isaac m
- 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)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Isaac