Ἰωνᾶς

See also: Ἴωνας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Hebrew יוֹנָה (Yōnā́).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Ἰωνᾶς • (Iōnâs) m (genitive Ἰωνᾶ); first declension

  1. Jonah, a given name, famously held by the Old Testament prophet to Nineveh, swallowed by a large fish. Also, the father of Jesus' disciples Peter and Andrew.

Inflection
First declension of ὁ Ἰωνᾶς; τοῦ Ἰωνᾶ (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ἰωνᾶς
ho Iōnâs
Genitive τοῦ Ἰωνᾶ
toû Iōnâ
Dative τῷ Ἰωνᾷ
tôi Iōnâi
Accusative τὸν Ἰωνᾶν
tòn Iōnân
Vocative Ἰωνᾶ
Iōnâ
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: Ιωνάς (Ionás)
  • → Arabic: يُونُس (yūnus)
  • → Latin: Iōnās, Jōnās
  • → Old Armenian: Յովնան (Yovnan) (or from Classical Syriac)

References
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