𐌹𐌰𐌴𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃

• 𐌾𐌰𐌴𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃 (jaeirus)

From Latin Iaīrus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάϊρος (Iáïros), from Biblical Hebrew יָאִיר (yāʾîr, literally “he will light up”).

IPA^(key): /i.aˈiːrus/

𐌹𐌰𐌴𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃 • (iaeirus) m

1. Jair, a Biblical character.
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 8:41:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐌰𐌹, 𐌵𐌰𐌼 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌴𐌹 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐍉 𐌹𐌰𐌴𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃, 𐍃𐌰𐌷 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃 𐍃𐍅𐌽𐌰𐌲𐍉𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐍃, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐌼 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿𐌹𐍃 𐌱𐌰𐌳 𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 𐌹𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌰;

     jah sai, qam wair þizei namō iaeirus, sah fauramaþleis swnagōgais was, jah driusands faura fōtum iēsuis bad ina gaggan in gard seinana;

     And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him that he would come into his house: (KJV)

No declined forms are attested; an u-stem paradigm may be supposed, but the declensions of Biblical names are generally at least somewhat unpredictable in Gothic.