يعقوب

يعقوب

Arabic

Etymology

From Hebrew יעקב‎ (ya'akov).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaʕ.quːb/

Proper noun

يَعْقُوب • (yaʿqūb) m

1. Jacob, Hebrew patriarch also known as Israel
2. James, any of a number of figures in the New Testament

   ‏يَعْقُوب الْبَارّ‎ ― yaʿqūb al-bārr ― James the Just

   ‏يَعْقُوب بِن زَبَدِي‎ ― yaʿqūb bin zabadī ― James, son of Zebedee

   ‏يَعْقُوب بِن حَلْفَى‎ ― yaʿqūb bin ḥalfā ― James, son of Alphaeus

3. A male given name, Jacob, James

Declension

Declension of noun يَعْقُوب (yaʿqūb)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	يَعْقُوب yaʿqūb	—
Nominative	—	يَعْقُوبُ yaʿqūbu	—
Accusative	—	يَعْقُوبَ yaʿqūba	—
Genitive	—	يَعْقُوبَ yaʿqūba	—

Related terms

• إِسْرَائِيل‎ (ʾisrāʾīl)

Descendants

• Judeo-Arabic: יעקוב‎ (yaʿqūbu)
• → Azerbaijani: Yaqubun
• → Hausa: Yaƙubu, Yakubu
• → Kazakh: Жақып (Jaqıp)
• → Kyrgyz: Жакып (Cakıp)
• → Tajik: Яъқуб (Yaʾqub)
• → Turkish: Yakup
• → Uzbek: Yaqob

See also

• (Islamic prophets) آدَم‎ (ʾādam), إِدْرِيس‎ (ʾidrīs), نُوح‎ (nūḥ), هُود‎ (hūd), صَالِح‎ (ṣāliḥ), إِبْرَاهِيم‎ (ʾibrāhīm), لُوط‎ (lūṭ), إِسْمَاعِيل‎ (ʾismāʿīl), إِسْحَاق‎ (ʾisḥāq), يَعْقُوب (yaʿqūb), يُوسُف‎ (yūsuf), أَيُّوب‎ (ʾayyūb), ذُو الْكِفْل‎ (ḏū l-kifl), شُعَيْب‎ (šuʿayb), مُوسَى‎ (mūsā), هَارُون‎ (hārūn), دَاوُد‎ (dāwūd), سُلَيْمَان‎ (sulaymān), يُونُس‎ (yūnus), إِلْيَاس‎ (ʾilyās), الْيَسَع‎ (al-yasaʿ), زَكَرِيَّا‎ (zakariyyā), يَحْيَى‎ (yaḥyā), عِيسَى‎ (ʿīsā), مُحَمَّد‎ (muḥammad) ^{(Category: ar:Islamic prophets)}